Construction industry groups have joined forces with the WA Police Force to launch the Partnership Against Crime Taskforce (PACT) with the aim of curbing theft on Western Australian construction sites. The signatories to the PACT Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) are the WA Police Force, security specialists Braven Group Services, Master Builders WA (MBAWA), the Urban […]
UDIA WA is proud to launch the first edition of The Urbanist Live, a brand new podcast produced by UDIA WA to complement the successful release of our new magazine The Urbanist. Each episode of The Urbanist Live will explore a topic relevant to the urban development industry and feature expert comment from a range of guest speakers. […]
Opinion piece written by UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck, published in The West Australian. As we head into another week of being at home in what we now call “iso”, due to the far reaching implications of the “rona” (spending more intense time with my children, I am now up to speed on the latest […]
The West Australian Special powers to be used to slash development red tape. State of emergency powers have been enacted to extend all development approvals by two years in a bid to help the economic recovery. The blanket extension, put in place by Planning Minister Rita Saffioti, applies to all residential and commercial developments, regardless […]
The West Australian Developers want land tax scrapped to keep projects going and staff on the payroll, and to help prevent a broader economic meltdown. The Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA) is calling on the State Government to consider a 100 per cent rebate, worth about $789 million this year. A raft of proposed […]
WAtoday A rare chance at access to two of the state’s most powerful planning decision-makers saw members of the public attend a Perth property industry event on Wednesday, reflecting the height of public tension over development and rezoning in the Perth Hills and suburbs. To read the full story, click here.
Domain The building industry is now being impacted by coronavirus with dire shortages of materials and products traditionally imported from China slowing construction and renovation work around the country. To read the full story, including key insights from UDIA National Executive Director Connie Kirk, click here.
The West Australian New Homes magazine Western Australians have always loved the double brick home, however, new findings by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) points towards a potential new future. The Modern Methods of Housing Construction report revealed there were long-term benefits to increasing the use of modern methods of housing construction in the […]
UDIA WA is proud to launch the first edition of The Urbanist. [calameo code=00616672107d5921410b3 mode=mini clickto=view clicktarget=_blank width=480 height=300] The Urbanist is a brand new 48-page quarterly magazine produced by UDIA WA. Each edition of The Urbanist will focus on a different theme with this first edition reflecting the theme from our 2020 Development Conference; Connecting to Place. […]