construction

  • Separation Creek home stuns at prestigious awards

    A new hillside home at Separation Creek has earned top honours at the 2023 Master Builders Victoria Regional Building Awards.

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  • Work on new Specialist School continues

    Wet weather has delayed construction of Colac Specialist School’s new $15-million home, but builders have made structural progress.

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  • Rising costs hit Colac builders

    Colac builders are feeling the pinch as building material costs increase.

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  • BUILDING BOOM: Colac Otway records $124-million construction boost

    Colac Otway has ridden a wave of surging building approvals to post huge growth in new construction projects during the past financial year.

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  • Construction contamination crackdown

    Surf Coast Shire Council will crack down on environmental contamination from residential building sites.

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  • Vaccine rule causes construction headache

    Spence Construction director Matt Gibson says his business is in a “precarious position” as COVID-19 vaccination becomes mandatory for construction workers this week.

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  • Tools down: Builders count cost of sudden shutdown

    A major Colac construction employer says two thirds of its build sites have downed tools following a sudden shutdown of the industry for large parts of Victoria.

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  • Inspections and jabs ramp up for construction

    The State Government is cracking down on COVID transmission in the construction industry, and has launched a compliance blitz and priority vaccine access for workers.

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