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Could cranes be a Bellwether indicator of pre-construction planning effectiveness?

A leading national Quantity Surveyor recently published a report that proposed a crane index as a measure of industry confidence in the face of the current construction rebound. It was proposed that this might be an international innovation. Cranes may provide some indicators for governments, the industry and the public about how the economy is faring. One assumes the public would believe that many cranes on the horizon are a

By David Chandler|February 20th, 2015|Categories: Building & Housing|Tags: Industry Governance, productivity, Research & Benchmarking|

Do We Need a Construction Industry Strategy

Peter Barda writes ... Industry activist David Chandler has been writing for more than a year about the need for an industry strategy. Early in the life of the Abbott Government, Chandler argued that the Commonwealth and State Governments had a unique opportunity to “dramatically improve the productivity of the building and Construction industry” and lower its costs. READ MORE

By David Chandler|January 29th, 2015|Categories: Building & Housing|Tags: benchmarking, Industry Governance, productivity|

PrefabAUS Presentation – DC Cranes – Challenging the status quo

Utilization Index. He argued that cranes are indicative of a lack of on-site optimisation and off-site pre construction contribution that is unsustainable. The PrefabAUS Forum had several speakers who looked at the challenges that the status quo in construction create. READ MORE

By David Chandler|November 18th, 2014|Categories: Building & Housing|Tags: innovation, productivity, publications|

prefabAUS – Inaugural conference, 2014

Prefabricating Australia: Growing our off-site construction sector Keep with Tags OUR OFF-SITE FUTURE - a paper by David Chandler OAM READ THE PRESENTATION PAPER

By David Chandler|August 15th, 2014|Categories: Building & Housing|Tags: conference, innovation, productivity, publications|

Re-tooling Australia’s Construction Industry for the 21st Century

Comments for the Vic Government’s Roundtable on the needs of the Prefab industry that may be filled by the Auto component industry – August 2014 by David Chandler OAM READ MORE

By David Chandler|August 14th, 2014|Categories: Building & Housing|Tags: conference, innovation, Modern Constructors, productivity|

A Case for an Australian Construction Strategy

ustralia’s building and construction industry contributes over $200 billion to the economy and represents 7.5% of GDP. It is estimated that even a small productivity increase of 0.3% would result in a national improvement in GDP of $6.6billion – this forecast is double that of any other industry. This discussion paper outlines a framework for an Australian Construction Industry Strategy. It calls for precursor productivity to be a requirement of

By David Chandler|February 27th, 2014|Categories: Building & Housing|Tags: modern constructor, productivity|

Public Infrastructure Submission

Consistent with Constructionedge’s ongoing coverage of issues dealing with Australia’s construction industry: productivity is a central theme. The Productivity Commission has been asked to “inquire into ways to encourage private financing and funding for major infrastructure projects, including issues relating to the high cost and long lead times associated with these projects”, is timely and rich with potential to initiate long term changes for good across Australia’s construction industry and

By David Chandler|January 4th, 2014|Categories: Building & Housing|Tags: productivity|