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South Australia announced it’s biggest ever infrastructure spend
17.9 billion in infrastructure spend has been committed over the next 4 years by the South Australian Government. This record amount was…
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Why are Infrastructure Contractors Deep in Productivity Crisis?
The construction industry is one of the largest in the world and yet, despite the year-on-year, multi-billion dollar investments from governments and…
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Road Safety Is More Than Just Statistics
As National Road Safety Week comes to an end the message remains clear, we all play a crucial role in ensuring that…
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Western Australian Government’s Security of Payments Bill
On Tuesday the 25th of May, the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Bill 2021 was introduced to the Western Australian…
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Behind Our Series B: how we’re enabling contractors to build more through a connected operations platform
Today we’re announcing our $20M Series B round led by Fifth Wall. You’re welcome to read the press release — for now,…
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Assignar and CCF supporting regional NSW and Sydney Metro
The Civil Contractors Federation of New South Wales (CCF NSW) continues to be a fierce advocate, voice and ally of the civil…
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Western Australia’s $5.5 billion recovery plan
In consultation with the State Recovery Advisory Group (inclusive of representatives from business, industry, not-for-profit organisations, UnionsWA, the public sector, local government…
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CCF WA urges State Government to fast track important procurement forms
Western Australia’s civil construction industry peak body has congratulated the McGowan Government on being returned and called on it to prioritise procurement…
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3 Ways to Make Data-Driven Decisions for Construction Projects
Challenges in the construction industry like shrinking margins and the gap in skilled workers is making collecting and accessing data needed to…
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Women, Diversity, and Datathons: how Assignar helps expand horizons and mindsets around data in the workplace and beyond
Women in Data Science (WiDS) recently ran its 4th Annual Datathon, a three-week event that ended on the 1st of March. The…
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5 Reasons You Can’t Afford to Keep Using Paper
We don’t have to tell you that paper is still king in the construction industry. It’s understandable to some extent, as many…
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Tools to Help Streamline Your Back-Office Operations in 2021
The best contractors and field crews cannot operate without having a strong back-office set-up. Amidst a major recession and with the threat…
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3 Ways to Promote a Culture of Safety
The construction industry offers extraordinary employment opportunities for a global workforce. As a significant contributor to our nation’s economy, the main concern…
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3 Proven Ways to Get Employees On Board with Technology
COVID-19 disrupted the business sector on a massive scale, forcing owners and managers to cut costs and operate lean. Working efficiently while…
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3 Ways to Keep Your Crews Productive
Despite its designation as an essential service during the lockdown period, the Australian construction industry is predicted to contract by 5.7% in…
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Top 5 Tips for Growth – when thinking systems
Step 1: Start with the end in mind Often companies have several systems and legacy systems which do not talk to each…
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$968 million allocated in WA’s Government’s 2020-21 budget
The state’s budget has allotted $986 million to new water infrastructure works for the state across 4 years. Under this budget maintenance,…
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3 Unique Trends in Construction Workforce Development
The construction industry has dealt with labor shortage issues for years. With a lack of interest amongst high school and college graduates…
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Women in Construction: How to Thrive by Showing Up and Standing Out
According to CNBC, women make up a mere 9.1% of the construction community. Few men know what it is like to walk…
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4 ways estimating with spreadsheets is costing you
It is quite common for contractors to rely on spreadsheets in order to create their cost estimates. Spreadsheets like Excel’s are a…
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3 Best Practices for Contractors to Get the Most Out of the Slow Season
April through October is the busy season for those in construction. What does that entail? It means working our crews 70-80 hours…
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Assignar launches a new estimating product with Thrive Technologies
Press Release Today, Assignar launched Assignar estimating to the market. The cloud-based estimating software is built for estimators to help develop highly…
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4 Tips to Survive an Uncertain Market
Uncertainty is the only thing that is for certain right now in construction. 2020 has taken us all for a ride; pulling…
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Cloud-based apps – Tools Streamlining Construction Operations
The Uncomfortable Success of Cloud-Based Apps in Modern Construction Operations Notorious for adopting new technology by the tail rather than the lead,…
