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- Oct 20
- 8 min
Is Productivity Growth in Construction Possible?
Construction is found to be at a high level of technical efficiency and close to the limits of current technology.
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- Sep 24
- 8 min
Construction Employment at Record High in Australia
Between 2007-22 an increase in construction work done required more people, but there has been great variation between industry subsectors.
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- Nov 30, 2022
- 6 min
Construction Productivity Trends for Building, Engineering and Construction Services
Compares deflated GVA per person employed to nominal IVA per person employed for Building, Engineering and Construction services.
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- Sep 22, 2022
- 7 min
Comparisons of Construction to Manufacturing Use Flawed Data
The post uses UK industry statistics to show structural differences, and compares construction to the car industry
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- Feb 20, 2022
- 6 min
New US Data Shows We Have a False Picture of Construction Productivity
It is possible the methods used to estimate construction productivity might be faulty, giving a false picture of the industry.
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- May 14, 2019
- 1 min
Accounting for Construction
This book is the second in a series that explores a range of topics related to construction projects, firms and the industry as a whole.
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- Feb 22, 2018
- 5 min
Australian Construction Productivity in the 1990s
In 1992 and 2003 I contributed to the research published on construction industry productivity by two government inquiries.
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- Feb 22, 2018
- 4 min
Australian Construction Productivity in the 1980s
These posts have the relevant parts of those publications, which are reviews of the then current data and research.
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- Jul 21, 2017
- 2 min
Construction in the Australian Economy
This profile of the economic role Australian construction focuses on the industry’s contribution to output and employment.
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