Every Stylemaster Homes deposit now comes with a siting of the home on the client’s actual block. On today’s podcast, Megan Burraston Sales Manager and a Can I Build Account Manager Mark Garner explained what that changes in a builder’s sales process. Most builders...
For years the construction industry has spoken about digital transformation, yet much of the day to day work inside Australian building companies still relies on memory, individual experience and manual interpretation. Builders continue to navigate selections,...
When wildfires tore through Los Angeles and surrounding regions in early 2025, destroying homes and displacing families across Altadena, Pacific Palisades, and parts of LA County, officials and builders were confronted with the same challenge that follows every major...
When you picture the future of construction, your mind probably goes to high-tech composites, robotic bricklayers or modular systems rolling out of factories. But what if the answer to greener, cheaper building materials was sitting in your recycling bin? That’s the...
If you’ve ever stacked software on software and still felt blind on margin, schedule or cash flow, this one’s for you. Ryan Lee, Director of Construction Services at Evolve Automation, has sat on both sides of the fence (client-side development and big-volume...
MyConstruct Porsche Rears Up for Carrera Cup Return at The Bend 500 The track returns to life this weekend (12–14 September 2025) as the MyConstruct Lightning McQueen Porsche, proudly wearing Car 95, hits The Bend Motorsport Park for Round 5 of the Porsche Paynter...
We probably shouldn’t start this by talking about procedures, cashflow forecasts, or onboarding systems but if you're trying to grow a building business without burning out, this one's an honest look. Aletha Walters and her husband Slade run Stroud Homes Wide Bay one...
If you haven’t heard of the Build Buddy app, it’s a genuinely interesting proposition. The purpose of the app is to allow the everyday punter become a successful owner-builder, with no experience and without using a licenced home builder, thereby saving on the 20%...
When it comes to a builder's unbuilt plans, one of the few indicators of quality a buyer has is the detail and impact of the visual render. If the old adage, “the way you do anything is the way you do everything” holds true, it is well-worth taking more time to...
If you ask any builder or subbie what is the most aggravating part of their job there’s a fair chance constant pre-qualification and compliance when quoting / tendering would be near the top of the list. It’s frustrating and time consuming to get all the...
If you’ve raised a child in the last decade and a half, chances are Lightning McQueen has made his mark somewhere in your home. Whether it’s a die-cast toy buried in a toybox, a favourite t-shirt worn on repeat, or an iPad permanently looping Cars, this iconic red...
Newcastle based builder Rohan McDonald’s business Abundance Property Services builds up to 20 homes a year across New South Wales. Understanding construction codes are an important part of his work day, but until recently they caused more lost time and money than just...
Every Australian should expect to come home safe and well from work each day – but in the construction industry that is all too often not the case. About 30 people are killed on building sites each year in this country, and according to SafeWork Australia, there are a...
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Queensland's building regulator is layering defect trends, licensee risk and warranty claims onto maps to decide where inspectors go. The regional patterns it has released show defects are not spread evenly, and neither is the scrutiny that follows them. Where a home...
A Melbourne builder has grown annual deliveries from 215 to 402 homes in five years after moving almost its entire book into townhouses. The growth is the headline. How the work now arrives, and what it does to output per person, is the part other builders can use....
Census data shows almost four million households with two or more spare bedrooms, and the national housing council is now tracking the figure. No spare bedroom tax is on the table, but the way housing supply is measured is starting to shift. Australia’s housing debate...
Singapore already has more than 20 robotics and automation solutions ready for construction sites. A new leasing scheme announced in September is designed to get them off the demonstration floor and onto ordinary projects by taking the ownership risk away from...