Issues In Australian Construction Industry

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CURRENT STATE OF AUSTRALIA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
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INTRODUCTION
This paper seeks to assess the current state of the Australia construction industry and some
challenges faced in the construction industry. Some of the common issues found in the Australia
construction industry include rising CO2 emissions, deaths caused by falling objects or falls from
height, rising cost of projects, quality control, and construction wastes. These issues are
extensively discussed in Section 1 and 2 below.
SECTION 1
The current issues in the Australia construction industry discussed in this section include the
rising cost of projects, deaths caused by falls or falling objects, and also quality control.
Deaths Caused By Falls or Falling Of Objects
The safety of workers continues to be a challenge plaguing the Australian construction industry.
For many years now, the construction industry led all industries in the total number of deaths
caused by accidental falls, falling of objects, and electrocution of workers. According to Safe
Work Australia (SWA), The Australian construction industry is the 3rd most deadly with about
twice the average rate of fatality and is ranked 5th for causing server injuries (Nurimbetov and
Zikriyoev, 2019). Falls are the 3rd mots cause of injuries and the common cause of death and
normally occurs when using elevated work platforms or scaffolding.
Quality Control
This is one of the most nagging problems facing the Australian construction industry and is
generally caused by poor productivity and a lack of regulation and law to control the quality of
delivered services. Quality control in construction is due to the industry lacking focus to develop

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the best standard of services that should be delivered. In the market at times affected by the legal
system, law, regulatory system, and poor productivity set up to regulate the quality of services
and goods provided at times struggle to deliver a total package of regulation and compliance
(Chunlu and Shimeng, 2016). This is partly since the construction industry at times lacks the
commitment to establish the best standards of services and products that should be issued since
they are focused on other matters like survival, frankly, and cash flow.
Rising Project Cost
The cost of construction in Australia is one of the highest globally. Whether the construction
project is hotels, high-rise apartments, or commercial property, the cost is generally higher. The
cost of construction has increased by 4% in Melbourne and 3.5% in Sydney. There have been
concerns for some time regarding the looming construction costs as various infrastructure
projects are in planning or underway creating pressure on resource availability and capacity
availability (Shanthi, 2017). The high cost of construction is attributed to the rise in the cost of
construction materials and also labor which has led to an overall increase in construction projects
making most projects unaffordable to most investors hence affecting the quality of projects.
SECTION 2
The most important issue in the Australia construction industry is the construction and
demolition wastes which include various materials like excavated residuals, chemical containers,
concrete, building debris, steel, rubble, and vegetation. Since construction wastes can be
produced at all stages of the construction project from initiation to completion, and it can be
described as all activities which produce indirect or direct costs, without improvement or adding
any value to the product (Frigione and Lettieri, 2018). The construction industry is one of the