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    Australia Riders Digest 2024

    The Riders Digest, known by many as the construction industry ‘Bible’, has been published by Rider Levett Bucknall for more than five decades. In 2024 we celebrate 75 years since the first Australian office of Rider Levett Bucknall ...

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    New Zealand Riders Digest 2024

    In the continued inflationary environment, Riders Digest remains a trusted annual compendium of costs and regional industry information. Along with indicative construction costs by building type and region, the Riders Digest contains useful reference...

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    Australia Q3 2023 Crane Index

    The RLB Crane Index® has reached a record high of 207 points, a rise of 11 points or 5.5%. Crane numbers across the country expanded rapidly in the six months since our last publication in Q1 2023.The past six months have seen 303 new cranes added ...

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    New Zealand Q3 2023 Crane Index

    The 20th edition of the RLB Crane Index® highlights a fall of 17 points or 8.5%. This is the largest percentage decline since the index’s inception. According to Stats NZ, overall building activity volume declined by 6.2% quarter-on-quarter for Q1...

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  • Capability

    Can digital disrupt the way you think about your assets?

    RLB Director Syidah Arnold thinks so. Syidah, a champion of 5D BIM, is not just passionate about the...

  • Forecast Report

    Auckland continues to lead the way

    According to the Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) Forecast 107 report – New Zealand Trends in Property ...

  • Riders Digest

    New Zealand Riders Digest 2024

    In the continued inflationary environment, Riders Digest remains a trusted annual compendium of ...

  • Australia Report

    New federal and state government projects on the horizon

    Q4 2023 Australia Report [Adelaide]: The South Australian economy continued to grow in the ...

  • Australia Report

    15 hospital projects ($10bill) in process of being awarded by Queensland Government

    Q4 2023 Australia Report [Brisbane]: Residential construction, both house and land, and ...

  • Australia Report

    Pipeline of major projects advancing through construction

    Q4 2023 Australia Report [Canberra]: The market remains busy with the pipeline of major ...

  • Australia Report

    Record $4billion government spend on infrastructure projects drives buoyant market

    Q4 2023 Australia Report [Darwin]: The Northern Territory market is experiencing strong growth ...

  • Australia Report

    50 Cranes showcase historically high levels for construction market

    Q4 2023 Australia Report [Gold Coast]: The Gold Coast construction market remains at ...

  • Australia Report

    Private sector projects held off due to high levels of government work

    Q4 2023 Australia Report [Hobart]: Construction activity continues to remain at very high levels ...

  • Australia Report

    Feasibility of new low-mid-rise residential apartment projects under pressure

    Q4 2023 Australia Report [Melbourne]: The Melbourne construction market continues to be driven ...

  • Australia Report

    Engineering sector continues to dominate WA

    Q4 2023 Australia Report [Perth]: The Western Australian construction industry had a productive...

  • Australia Report

    Tender pricings upward trend forecast to continue through 2024

    Q4 2023 Australia Report [Sydney]: The Sydney construction market continues to be centred largely ...

  • Australia Report

    Large influx of government projects and shortage of resources to put further pressure on costs

    Q4 2023 Australia Report [Townsville]: The rollout of significant state government projects ...

  • Australia Report

    Australia Report Q4 2023

    According to the Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) 4th Quarter 2023 Australia Report, construction ...

  • Market Research

    Australia Riders Digest 2024

    The Riders Digest, known by many as the construction industry ‘Bible’, has been ...

  • Perspective 2023 vol 2

    Perspective 2023 vol 2

    Each year it feels like the world is getting faster – and we have the data to prove it.  It ...

  • Perspective 2023 vol 2

    Should funding for public art be fixed in every project?

    My favourite piece of public art is encountered on the approach to Canberra airport. Journeys by ...

  • Perspective 2023 vol 2

    Jewel of the Pacific

    With absolute beachfront, expansive views of the sparkling Pacific Ocean and an eye-catching façade...

  • Perspective 2023 vol 2

    Data warehousing: A blueprint for quantity surveying’s digital frontier

    Data warehousing in quantity surveying presents the opportunity to revolutionise the construction ...

  • Perspective 2023 vol 2

    Drones zones: Building the buzz for drones in construction

    Spray painting, site-surveying and drilling drones are already here but the construction industry is...

  • Perspective 2023 vol 2

    GenAI: A Cambrian explosion for the digital age

    This month, we learnt that generative AI, or GenAI, can build an entire website from a ...

  • Forecast Report

    New Zealand Forecast Report 106

    According to the Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) Forecast 106 report – New Zealand Trends in Property ...

  • Crane Index

    Australia Q3 2023 Crane Index

    The RLB Crane Index® has reached a record high of 207 points, a rise of 11 points or 5.5%. Crane ...

  • Crane Index

    New Zealand Q3 2023 Crane Index

    The 20th edition of the RLB Crane Index® highlights a fall of 17 points or 8.5%. This is the ...

  • Digital Transformation

    Reshaping our approach

    Stephen Peters recently wrote about a project that has inspired him in an article in the AIQS Built ...

  • Forecast Report

    New Zealand Forecast Report 105

    According to the Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) Forecast 105 report – New Zealand Trends in Property ...

  • Market Research

    Australia Q3 2023 Escalation Update

    Despite earlier forecasts and stabilisation in material prices, construction escalation across ...

  • Future Thinking

    Bringing imagination to life

    Welcome to the Property Council of Australia Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation & Excellence ...

  • International Report

    International Report Q2 2023

    Concerns about material costs, COVID-19, supply chain logistics and extreme weather events have ...

  • Capability

    Celebrating our industry’s finest

    Kia ora tātou – haere mai, nau mai, and welcome to the Rider Levett Bucknall Property Council New...

  • Perspective

    Perspective 2023 vol 1

    When I began my career in the built environment, over 30 years ago, I never imagined that our ...

  • Forecast Report

    New Zealand Forecast Report 104

    According to the Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) Forecast 104 report – New Zealand Trends in Property ...

  • Perspective 2023 vol 1

    Connecting with Country

    Gurriny Yealamucka means “good healing waters” in the language of the Gunggandji peoples – and...

  • Crane Index

    Record number of long term cranes for New Zealand

    According to today’s release of the Q1 2023 RLB Crane Index®, a record 157 long-term cranes were ...

  • Crane Index

    Crane numbers across Australia peak

    According to today’s release of the Q1 2023 RLB Crane Index®, crane numbers across the country ...

  • Capability

    RLB Victoria cements new PPP team

    RLB in Victoria has unveiled a new Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) team to complement existing ...