Articles tagged with 'infrastructure'

Design firm reports strong growth, appointments

11 February 2010 | Group GSA has credited the government’s stimulus package with what it has called "unprecedented growth".


High density, low bureaucracy boost for Brisbane

10 February 2010 | Brisbane votes in high-density housing and the state announces self-assessable duplexes.


BREAKING NEWS: New civic space for Broadway wins approval

8 February 2010 | A 6,500 sqm public park, within the $2 billion re-development of the Carlton and United Brewery site in Chippendale, has been given the green light.


Nakheel refutes 'false claims' that the World Islands are sinking

3 February 2010 | Dubai's property industry may be shrinking but reports that its man-made islands are sinking are "wholly inaccurate", claims Nakheel.


NSW 'worst state' for development approvals

21 January 2010 | The Premier State has the worst DA process, ACT fails commercial developments, Queensland "underperforms" and Victoria ranks joint-third, in a national assessment of planning systems.


COAG demands cities shake up

8 December 2009 | Capital cities could be "re-shaped" under reforms linking federal funding to strategic 30 year plans.


Two redevelopment proposals for Macquarie Wharf

3 December 2009 | Plans for Macquarie Shed No.1 on Hobart's waterfront have been visualized by two different architects and will soon be on public display.


Outlook "bleak" in Sunshine state

25 November 2009 | Spiralling land costs and planning bottlenecks are creating a grim outlook for affordable housing in Queensland.


BREAKING NEWS: New suburb to stretch Perth coastline

24 November 2009 | A major metropolitan coastal centre, set to host 50,000 people, is taking the isolated city northwards.


Rant on

17 November 2009 | New Yorkers "stuck", London mayor making roads dangerous and over-cautious Washington architects miss "engine of change".


Keneally's new gig a chance for change: planner

17 November 2009 | Kristina Keneally's new promotion is a chance to adopt a more effective planning system, one of Sydney's leading urban planners has said.


Nation "stressed" by bad planning: minister

16 November 2009 | Overpopulation is a joke. The real problem is badly managed urban planning, says federal MP Lindsay Tanner.


Take off for Perth Airport's masterplan

3 November 2009 | Perth Airport has gained approval for its plans to merge the domestic and international terminals.


Kevin Rudd to usurp planning powers

28 October 2009 | The prime minister has launched a planning takeover that could force states to improve public transport and ban slapdash development.


WIN! One of five education design books

28 October 2009 | A new book claims to have the latest word on education design - and we've got five copies to give away.


Bottlenecks to reappear, as growth returns: report

26 October 2009 | The project jams that typified the end of the last boom are set to return as economic growth rebounds, new research warns.


Rant on

23 October 2009 | Sydney's integrated planning crisis, an "aesthetic disaster" in the UK and the Four Seasons Centre "as dull as ditchwater".


Incoherent infrastructure a "barrier" to cycling

14 October 2009 | Australian cities need to make some tough choices about allocating space if they are to become more bicycle friendly.


BREAKING NEWS: New Gold Coast Stadium images unveiled

8 October 2009 | First images of the 25,000-capacity Populous-designed Gold Coast Stadium are revealed today.


Balfour Beatty to buy major infrastructure firm

24 September 2009 | A planning and infrastructure specialist with 2,500 staff in Australia and New Zealand is being bought by construction giant Balfour Beatty.


No "mindless grass" for Harold Park

23 September 2009 | Sydney's sensitive raceway site could become a city farm, as a councillor objects to "thoughtless" urban design.


"Huge role" for architects as population explodes

18 September 2009 | A booming population, forecast today by the Federal Treasury, will cause conflict between the need for affordable housing and the importance of sustainability, an academic has said.


Queensland leads the pack with bushfire standards

15 September 2009 | The sunshine state leaps ahead by adopting the new national bushfire standard seven months before other states.


Industry and council clash over WA panels

14 September 2009 | While developers are hailing Western Australia's new development assessment panels as vital reform, the City of Perth is crying "power grab".


Rant on

25 August 2009 | "Sacrosanct" shops should be returned to residences, "huge" challenges in infrastructure and why Dubailand will remain a gaudy fantasy, in today's news digest.


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