The Top 100 Queensland Builders, FY2025/26. The inaugural edition lands Friday 3 July, 2026. Volume did not carry the year for Queensland's hundred biggest residential builders. The money did. You would expect those two to move together. This year they parted ways,...
The regulators have more data than they have ever had, the tribunals are seeing clear patterns, and the code has just shifted again. For builders already working to standard, the useful question is not how to build well. It is what the evidence now shows about where...
A data-driven look at where Australian builders actually stand with technology and AI in 2026 — the adoption rates, the software market, the productivity gap, the cybersecurity exposure, and what is coming next. Last updated: June 2026 There is a version of the...
The Australian residential construction sector grew through 2025, then stalled. Demand is strong and supply cannot keep up. Here is what the data actually says, and what it means for the builders working inside it. Last updated: June 2026 There is a contradiction...
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Last updated: June 2026 Most builders sit at one of two extremes. Either they do no marketing at all and rely on referrals that arrive in waves, feast then famine, or they spend money chasing leads and end up buried in tyre-kickers who were never going to build....
Disputes are part of building. What separates the builders who handle them well from the ones they sink is knowing the process before the dispute starts. This is the complete guide to resolving building disputes in Australia, from payment claims to tribunals, state by...
The contract is where the money, the risk and the relationship are all decided before a single brick is laid. This is the complete guide to residential construction contracts in Australia, from progress payments to variations to the clauses that protect you when a job...
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Your subbies build your reputation and carry your risk. This is the complete guide to engaging, paying, and managing subcontractors in Australian residential construction, from the agreement that protects you to the legislation that governs how you pay. Last updated:...
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The current state of Australia’s housing market is pressured, to say the least. New apartments and built-to-rent developments still lag behind demand, and although some states show promising growth in stock, forecasts from the National Housing Supply and Affordability...
The state has stopped describing the factory and started shopping for the company to run it. The detail worth reading is what NSW is prepared to put on the table to get one here. NSW has moved from intent to invitation. On 2 July, the Minns Government opened an...
The Good Builder's Top 100 Queensland Builders report ranks the state's hundred largest residential builders across two financial years. The averages tell a calm story. The individual builders do not. Some doubled and tripled. Some shed most of their volume. And a few...
On the latest Good Builder Podcast, Owen Chambers from The Professional Builder made a claim most builders never hear said plainly. The money leaks out of a job long before the first tool comes out. His three city Queensland roadshow lands this month to prove it, and...