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On why we’re all going to be very busy next year
This industry is cooking up a storm for next year. And it’s only speeding up. Partly it’s the momentum that’s now unstoppable ...
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Video walkthrough: Dairy Road Canberra
Join Tina Perinotto, managing editor of The Fifth Estate, in a leisurely walkthrough of Molonglo Group’s inspiring Dairy Road Project - an innovative precinct that adaptively reused and transformed an ...
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Boral’s Berrima Cement works claims new technology improves outcomes
Building materials company Boral reckons its upgraded Southern Highlands-based Berrima Cement Works in New South Wales will ...
The Fifth Estate13h
Supply chain clean up, aisle three
Over the last month, the two Australian supermarket giants expressed serious concern for the environment and its supply chain ...
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The brutal world of owners corporations – and how to get them to electrify apartments
If the electrification of apartments is a marathon, we haven’t yet reached the first 100 metre mark, says Fred Tuckwell, strata management expert and board chair of the Owners Corporation Network. In ...
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Getting Australian cities back to health
Australia drifted away from the Healthy Cities movement it helped start. It can still get back on track. For residents of ...
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Giant RSK Group snaps up Edge Impact – here’s why
Edge Impact has a new majority owner – the highly acquisitive RSK Group whose business model is to snap us as many promising companies in the sustainable solutions space as it can, keep their brands, ...
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Australians’ cars are typically larger, heavier and less efficient than in Europe – here’s why
CO? emissions from new passenger cars have been regulated for more than 15 years, but Australia’s mandatory New Vehicle ...
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‘Stop slamming the brakes’ the National Construction Code is working, says CoreLogic
Leading property data specialist CoreLogic released new data on Monday to show that the National Construction Code had led to ...
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The catch 22 of the NSW Apartment Design Guide for solar access
Chris Johnson argues that the NSW Apartment Design Guide for solar access is creating unintended consequences for the amenity ...
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On another big week and the launch of a new magazine
It’s been another big week at The Fifth Estate. Most importantly, we’re thrilled to share with you the first copy of our new digital quarterly magazine, TFE Review. Its big focus is on how our ...
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Recycled materials – how to bridge industry and government responsibility
As public and private sectors strive to meet ambitious recycled content and circularity targets, the readiness and capability of industry suppliers and contractors to deliver on these goals are under ...