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The construction sector has long suffered from narrow margins, inappropriate risk allocation and cyclical bouts of insolvency. Jon Davies, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Constructors Association (ACA), spoke today about the challenges facing the Australian construction industry, with a call for cultural change under the attention grabbing title ‘Disrupt or die’. Issue significantly affecting the sector include: labour shortages, exacerbated by constrained migration of skilled workers needed by the sector;falling productivity (a massive decline…

The current challenges being experienced by the construction industry in Australia have been well publicised, particularly in relation to dealing with COVID-19 disruptions and rising prices and supply shortages. How is the industry dealing with those issues and other challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic? These topics and others were addressed by Alison Mirams, CEO of Roberts & Co, in her engaging presentation at the 2021 TMA National Conference. Alison noted that the construction industry…