Australian construction reports artificial intelligence adopted at scale at nearly twice the global rate. It is also less confident than the rest of the world about improving productivity. The distance between those two numbers is the whole story. Australian...
A robotic panel line at Edinburgh has started supplying a government housing project. What matters for builders is what it makes, and what it leaves you holding. Renewal SA confirmed on 31 August that homes at its Noarlunga development will be built using...
The national safety regulator has put builders on notice that artificial intelligence and digital tools are now a work health and safety matter, not just an IT one. The good news is the process for managing the risk is one every builder already knows. If you have...
Western Sydney University has launched NØBEL, the country's first ARC training centre built around digital platforms for net-zero construction. The headline material is a recycled concrete that stores carbon. The bigger story is a push to make lower-carbon building...
A new Autodesk and Deloitte Access Economics report places Australia second in the Asia-Pacific for weekly use of construction technology. The ranking is encouraging. The findings behind it are more instructive. Australia's construction sector uses more technology,...
A long-established Perth and Melbourne truss fabricator has secured just over $3 million in state funding to automate its Western Australian plant, and the detail behind the grant tells builders something useful about where component supply is going. A.G. Trusses, a...
If there is one thing most builders don’t talk about publicly, it’s what happens after handover. Warranty work. Maintenance confusion. Defect lists. Clients who swear they were never told what to do. The post-handover stage is still one of the biggest pain points in...
How builders are using hyper local data to design smarter, sell faster, and build where demand is rising For decades, builders and developers relied on local knowledge, sales agents, and instinct to decide where to build. But in 2025, that intuition is increasingly...
Why builders must go digital in the back office By The Good Builder Team On site, builders are some of the fastest adopters of technology in the trades. Power tools, nail guns, laser levels, compact excavators, cordless everything. If it makes the job faster or...
Australia’s building codes have always leaned heavily on climate data. Whether it’s energy efficiency, condensation management, or alpine conditions, climate zones shape the way homes are designed, approved, and constructed. Now, the Australian Building Codes Board...
Technology has always been part of the building story. From the first use of steel in bridges to the widespread adoption of prefabrication, each leap has left its mark on how we design, construct, and maintain the built environment. Today, we stand at another turning...
Australia’s housing crisis is, in large part, a planning crisis. Development approvals are bogged down in red tape and bureaucratic delays, far-reaching consequences for affordability, supply, and housing delivery. In response, both the federal government and several...
This week on The Good Builder Podcast (our Monday edition of The Daily Dose), we tackled one of the biggest misconceptions in the building industry: that technology means expensive systems, complex rollouts, and endless training. The truth? Some of the most effective...
We talk about safety on site all the time. Hard hats, boots, fall protection it’s second nature. But in 2025, there’s another kind of safety we can’t ignore: protecting our businesses from cyber threats. If you think hackers only go after banks and big corporations,...
A quiet but costly issue is surfacing across Australian construction sites, and it’s not the trade shortage, interest rates or delays. It’s waste. According to the Green Building Council of Australia, an estimated $65 billion worth of construction materials will go to...
What the construction industry’s biggest data breach means, and what builders need to do now. Australia’s largest home builder, Metricon Homes, has confirmed it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack by international cybercriminal group Qilin — with hackers claiming...
The future of Australian building needs a stronger foundation, and a new industry-led initiative has just stepped up to the challenge. A new not-for-profit organisation, the Sustainable Foundations Group (SFG), has officially launched, spearheaded by three industry...
The building industry is entering another transition. Projects are slowing, interest rates are biting, and homeowners are hesitating. For some, it feels like the wind has gone out of the sails. But for those paying attention, this moment presents something else...
For years, builders and project managers relied on experience, industry contacts, hard lessons and gut instinct to grow their businesses. But let’s be real, running a successful residential construction business today is tougher than ever. Margins are tight, client...
Building a new home is a big decision. It’s exciting, nerve-wracking, and full of ‘what ifs.’ That’s where display homes have traditionally stepped in, giving buyers a tangible sense of what their future as a family holds. But with new technology and changing buyer...
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...
Amanda Bulow is a construction industry professional, and founder and CEO of Awesome Women In Construction Estimating a job is a critical part of any project and getting it wrong can lead to financial and reputational damage. While many professionals have their...
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Australian construction reports artificial intelligence adopted at scale at nearly twice the global rate. It is also less confident than the rest of the world about improving productivity. The distance between those two numbers is the whole story. Australian...
Every estimate, variation, delay and defect a building business records says something about how it actually performs. The widening gap is between the builders who read that record and the builders who file it. A building business generates information constantly....
Multiplex is back on site at Melbourne Square for the fourth time. The way AURA got to a groundbreaking says as much about apartment construction right now as the tower does. Multiplex has started work on AURA, an $800 million, 67 storey residential tower at the...
NSW, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia all have building reform underway. Each has picked a different constraint to fix, and almost none of it has started yet. Four states are rewriting the rules that govern building work. What gets less attention is that...