Global construction faces a near-term contraction as higher rates and tariffs bite, but growth returns in 2026.
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Although growth has slowed, rising construction work this decade requires a laser-like focus on improving productivity and skills accumulation
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The Australian build-to-rent (BTR) market continues to grow and mature.
The construction industry is a critical sector of Australia’s economy, literally shaping the homes, workplaces, and infrastructure that define our...
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The road infrastructure sector is facing a serious skills shortage, exacerbated by the impacts of COVID-19, increasing demands on transport...
Research Briefing
Through a period of higher but stable interest rates and cost of living pressures, the combined capital city (CCC) median...
Amid a relatively weak building sector (particularly for residential buildings), engineering construction continues to provide growth support for the broader...
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The Australian engineering construction industry is characterised by booms and busts of activity, not only by subsector and state but...
It was fantastic to welcome our esteemed clients and guests to our construction conference in Sydney, Melbourne and online.
Research Briefing
Stress among home loan borrowers has risen due to higher interest rates, broad cost-of-living pressures, and the gradual slackening of...
Research Briefing
The approvals lead for non-residential building continues to soften, with March quarter 2024 maintaining the recent downward trend in project...
Research Briefing
The most predictive near-term leads suggest net overseas migration (NOM) to Australia will hold near a record level for FY2024. We have conservatively revised upwards our expectation for NOM to 485,000 (+90,000).
Research Briefing
The 2024/25 Federal Budget delivered little to shift the outlook for building construction, although there was modest movement connected to...
Research Briefing
The sustainability of a building is best measured through its carbon footprint. This has two main aspects – the embodied...
The passing of the previously delayed Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) means that all the Albanese government's announced housing policies...
Negative momentum for total building in FY2023 (-8%) is expected to continue in FY2024, with activity sliding a further 11%...
The pipeline of build-to-rent (BTR) developments across Australia continues to swell, with our project tracking currently capturing a pipeline of...
