John Gelavis

IFAP will cease operation of its Fremantle training centre at the end of this month, citing industrial manslaughter laws now widely tipped to pass state parliament as the reason.

After months of canvassing for timeframe extensions to the Building Bonus scheme, property groups have welcomed the state government’s decision to extend on-site construction start times.

Government housing stimulus packages have helped resuscitate the ailing residential building industry, but will the demand be short-lived?

One of the state’s largest building surveyors, John Massey Group, has been placed into liquidation after it warned an insurance impasse could hike up costs.

The state government has said it will allow applicants for the federal government’s HomeBuilder grant scheme a further three months to commence construction.

The federal government has extended its HomeBuilder program, following the state government’s move to extend its own Building Bonus initiative.

Probuild has been named builder of the year and won the national high-rise apartment award for its Ritz Carlton development at the Master Builders Australia award night.

The state government has revised its net operating surplus to $2.2 billion in the state's mid-year review, the improved position coming on the back of a record iron ore price, strong infrastructure investment and a housing construction boom.

Western Australia recorded the largest improvement in building approvals of all states, underpinned by government stimulus measures and first homebuyer demand.

An uptick in building activity has led to a series of challenges for the construction industry, including materials delays and increases in contractor rates.

Zorzi Builders has won the top honour at this year’s Master Builders-Bankwest Housing Excellence Awards for a Dalkeith home.

How will the state’s construction industry navigate the growing pains prompted by a surge in building activity?

The state government will need to decide whether it opts out of provisions to make housing more accessible.

Multiplex Constructions, Crothers Construction and Facade Management Australia were among the winners at Master Builders-Bankwest Excellence in Construction Awards.

Affordable Living Homes co-founder Alicia Gangemi was among the winners at this year’s Women Building Australia awards.

Industry has hit back at claims the residential building industry is facing widespread delays of three years or more for the construction of new homes.

A construction material shortfall is reaching crisis point, with a pine shortage threatening to delay projects and prompting calls for restrictions on local mill output to be lifted.

The state government will spend $350 million expanding the state's softwood timber plantations amid a major shortage, but industry claims it was blindsided by the move.

Master Builders WA is standing firm on its support for voluntary vaccines and has criticised the state government’s proposed fines for unvaccinated workers as excessive.

The state government has agreed to raise its timber harvesting quota by 12,000 tonnes, after the construction industry warned a shortage threatened to delay projects.

Builders are struggling to stay afloat amid a sea of cost, labour and supply chain issues.

COVID WRAP: WA recorded 7,151 new COVID cases and one death overnight, as the state's peak building body called on the state government to end the vaccine mandate.

Property groups welcome state government investment in housing, but say its infrastructure spend could further stifle private sector development.

The building giant has stopped making new sales from its Commodore Homes brand while demand exceeds supply.

The Osborne Park builder took out the top WA home award for its North Beach home.

WA building companies are learning from the collapse of competitors over the past 12 months.

Property and construction groups say the state government’s new regulations to register building engineers are a welcome step, but more could be done.

Residential builders are returning to normalised levels of activity.

Western Australia’s largest local government has launched an online service, aimed to streamline more than 65 per cent of development applications lodged each year.

Master Builders Association of WA says ending fixed price contracts and abolishing six-day work weeks will help address the “profitless boom” experienced by the building sector.

As part of an ongoing series, Business News asks whether negative consequences from a 2020 sugar hit for housing should have been foreseen.

John Gelavis has made the call to step down from the industry group after five years at the helm.

Commercial builders are paying close attention to the jobs they take on, given the volatile nature of the construction environment.

Industry experts are calling for an overhaul of construction contracting to attract more builders, as rumours of more tier one builders entering the market gain momentum.

A planning policy over residential property in some western suburbs has led to multiple tribunal disputes.

A rise in failed builders has led to more indemnity claims, but taking on the stalled work can be fraught.

Master Builders Association of WA has announced Matthew Pollock as its new chief executive, succeeding John Gelavis who stepped down in August.

The former Master Builders Association boss will start in the position at the company next week.