Issues Facing the Australian Construction Industry: A Review

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RESEARCHING THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
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Section 1: Overview of Current Industry Issues
There are various issues facing the Australian construction industry (Chancellor, Abbott and
Carson, 2015). The issues are either political or socio-economical. This paper will review the
issues facing the Australian construction industry as well as their significance.
The first issue facing the Australian construction industry is the inadequacy of effective options
for removing trash (Chancellor, Abbott and Carson, 2015). In Australia, Construction Chutes are
not common tools in the construction sites. The tradespersons, homeowners, building companies,
and building product dealers are all wasting a lot of finances. There are delays on projects since
most of the construction sites are lacking a Construction chute. Lack of efficient elimination of
construction rubbish can bring further expenses.
The second issue facing the Australian construction industry is the presence of unorganized sites.
Australia is a country that is greatly growing in terms of population which leads to new residents.
The project managers, trade person or other construction workers have ignored the messy
situation in the construction sites (Watson, 2012). Research shows that a messy job site can make
the tasks to take longer time than expected. Many people are against the idea of working in the
messy job site. It is due to maneuvering of rubbish that the tasks take longer in a messy job site.
The third issue facing the Australian construction industry is the existence of unsafe work
environments. According to Statistics from the Australian Engineering Agency, the construction
industry has the highest rates of injury (Mills et al., 2012). Ineffective management of waste in
the construction site exposes the workers to serious injuries or even death. A safe working
environment needs to be prioritized for the safety of all workers in the Australian construction
industry.
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The fourth issue facing the Australian construction industry is the use of traditional rubbish
chutes in the construction sites. Broad rigging may be needed because of the intake “hoppers”
shipping extreme weight. Tradesmen are required to stand out in installing and dismantling the
chute. Additionally, every section of a normal chute is quite expensive. Traditional chutes have
nasty repercussions when employed in the construction sites (Bromilow, 2017).
Another issue facing the Australian construction industry is the cost of labor. The costs of
construction in Australia are currently very high (Glencross-Grant and Walker, 2017). Paying the
tradespersons and their team in cleaning the construction rubbish is also quite expensive. It is the
responsibility of the tradespersons and the whole construction team to avoid a messy job site.
Another major issue facing the Australian construction industry is unnecessary working hours.
The tradesmen have to clean up for a number of days after finishing their duties; this is normally
when a reliable construction chute is missing. The man hours are therefore likely to extend
leading to delay in project dates (Glencross-Grant and Walker, 2017).
Section 2: Case Study One specific Issue
I. Brief Description of the Issue
One of the major issues facing the Australian construction industry is the rising cost of raw
materials. The cost of commodities such as metals and oil has been rising day-in-day-out. The
truth is that the cost of these commodities is rising along with the potency of Australian currency
and interest rates (Ogwueleka, 2015). In one way or another, this is of great benefit to the
contractors as raising their own rates is justified. Nonetheless, in case the costs become too high,
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