After being enforced for a little over 2 years, the 2018 beryllium standards for construction are being revised to clarify the administration’s standards, and simplify and improve compliance, after pushback from industry groups. This move was also announced in the recently released Spring 2020 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions from the White House.

Here’s a quick rundown of this week’s top news and happenings in the construction industry. Each week, we’ll take a look at some of the interesting local, regional, and national stories about construction to keep you better informed of the goings-on in the industry.

Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy requires detailed editorial commentary, often supported by relevant tables and graphs.

The shock of COVID-19 has thrown our industry a curveball, but also an opportunity to stop, reflect and change.

Technology and know-how developed at one of Australia’s largest universities will soon be deployed to cool one of the world’s hottest cities.

Glass is a wonderful building material.  It enhances building design like no other.  But poor design using this remarkable material can turn it into a liability, resulting in unhappy clients and building occupants.

Increasingly hostile designs are emerging to keep members of the public out of public space.

What an interesting thing value is. Value is really in the eyes of the beholder and sometimes we value the same things that others do and sometimes we don’t and this can change dependent on our circumstances.

The idea of skipping your debtor and going to the principal to get paid is nothing new.

Three world-leading consortia have been short-listed to construct twin twenty kilometres of tunnel as part of two works packages on one of Sydney’s biggest rail tunnelling projects.