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Michael Pivac, CEO of Fastbrick Robotics discusses his challenges launching a new product
Find out what drove the creation of the Hadrian project, the challenges faced, and what lies ahead. This year’s Master Builders-Bankwest CEO & Managers’ Lunch is definitely one not to be missed!
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Recongnising young individuals aged 35 and under
If you’re aged 35 years and under, consider nominating yourself for the prestigious Ric New Medal for Excellence. The winner will receive a $2,000 cash price and a nomination into the WA Business News 40Under40 Awards
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Are you attending the National Awards in Hobart?
Time is running out to secure your $300 saving off your registration at Master Builders National Conference in Hobart from 23-25 November. There is also a 10% discount off your Virgin flights if you book by 30 June. Click here.
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Promoting our award winning builders
Did you manage to catch Home in WA on Channel 7 on Saturday. Click here to view head judge Rob Shaw discuss how we choose Award Winners.
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NATSPEC spec writing seminar
NATSPEC is holding a seminar on specifications in Perth on Thursday 20 July. It will provide an introduction to specification writing and cover detailed use of SPECbuilder Live, developed for use on all operating systems. Cost is $88. Click here to register.
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Cheaper adjudication in the offing
The Building Commission is calling for expressions of interest from adjudicators to provide fixed fee or low cost rapid adjudication. Adjudication offers a quick way to resolve payment disputes but can be too expensive for low value claims. EOI information here.
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Space available in Construction House
MBA has 375m² of vacant space on level 5 of Construction House which has just been reclad. Contact Craig Butler on 9791 4900 for details and an inspection.
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Lawn Bowls Honour
Congratulations to Mal Dempsey OAM, one of our Honorary Members, who was recognized in this week’s Queen’s Birthday Honours for his services to lawn bowls and the community.
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Testimonial dinner
Master Builders is hosting a testimonial dinner for our outgoing national CEO, Wilhelm Harnisch in Canberra today. About 130 guests, including several politicians and CEO’s, will be in attendance. This function coincides with a national Board meeting in Canberra. Housing Affordability Minister, Michael Sukkar met with us at Parliament House yesterday.
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Unsafe practices
"Worksafe have released a bulletin to address continuing unsafe practices when chasing walls. Unsafe practices expose operators to a number of potentially debilitating injuries." Click here for further information
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National Survey
Members are reminded the Master Builders National Survey is now online. The information gathered from the Survey is an invaluable tool to our members for business planning as well as a critical piece of information used in our advocacy efforts. The Survey is distributed to all major Government Departments and Federal Ministers, including the Reserve Bank, and is widely regarded as the eminent survey of business conditions and prospects in the building and construction industry. Please take the time to fill out the Survey. It will only take a few minutes to complete and your participation is a valuable contribution to our industry and our membership. All responses are treated confidentially. Take the National Survey of Building and Construction here.
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Government announces increase
The McGowan Government has announced moves to increase the lump sum payout upon the workplace death of an employee from $304,000 to $554,000. A dependents’ weekly allowance will also increase from $58.10 to $133.00. Master Builders will await the Bill which is being currently prepared.
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HWWA Wellness by Design Workshop
Office design has shown to have an influence on physical activity and movement at work. Come and learn more about this topic and hear of novel ways you can improve incidental activity at work by registering for the next Lunch N Learn workshop or webinar.
