Asset maintenance and renewal is as, or arguably more, important than building greenfields infrastructure and choosing that path can be a way of addressing the issue of intergenerational inequity.
You can talk about a number of topics within major construction in Australia, such as safety issues, government regulations, improving the design process etc.
There’s an old process playing a new role helping subcontractors to address getting paid consistently: Quality Assurance (QA).
Infrastructure Victoria, the state’s independent infrastructure advisory body, has been asked to provide advice to the Victorian Government on reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the lifecycle of infrastructure projects.
Significant opportunities are emerging to better integrate residential, commercial and mixed-use projects, creating new urban communities around metro rail in particular.
Standards Australia have agreed to provide trades, and presumably also professions, with all of the relevant standards that they will need for around $100.