Australia’s infrastructure landscape is shifting fast, driven by new investment trends, emerging asset classes and growing capacity constraints. This outlook...
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Australia’s 2035 emission targets chart a strong path to net zero but overlook the physical risks of climate change. True...
Australia last experienced a boom in water-related infrastructure construction in the 2000s and early 2010s, following two decades of underinvestment...
Australia’s construction sector is entering a defining decade. At the Australian Construction Outlook Conference 2025, Oxford Economics Australia explored the...
Consulting Report
Oxford Economics Australia delivered updated workforce demand forecasts and capability gap modelling using the latest national infrastructure data, equipping Austroads...
Although growth has slowed, rising construction work this decade requires a laser-like focus on improving productivity and skills accumulation
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...
Electricity construction activity continues to boom as Australia works towards its target of generating 82% of electricity from renewable sources...
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...
With the current weakness in residential building and key commercial and industrial segments of non-residential building, growth in engineering construction...
Construction cost escalation has slowed from the unprecedented inflationary spike experienced by the sector in 2022 and 2023. The recent...
Research Briefing
Following a long period of stagnation, machinery & equipment investment has experienced strong growth since the start of 2021 (Chart...
Calendar 2024 marks a turning point in the construction and infrastructure industry in Australia, with total construction work done expected...
Consulting Report
The National Transport Commission (NTC) and the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) commissioned Oxford Economics Australia to update and extend quantitative...
