Building

The NPM Group, which stands for National Projects and Maintenance, was a commercial fit out, construction, minor works and maintenance company behind 45,000 projects across six states and territories.

The project received the green light from state planners this week.

The award-winning Victorian firm sacked its 16 staff on Monday as the construction industry was rocked by yet another failure.

The roof of a church has collapsed in northern Mexico during a Sunday mass, killing at least nine people and injuring around 50.

The millionaire has apologised after he declared unemployment must increase by up to 50 per cent to jolt tradies back to "productivity".

"This presents a real opportunity, and will enable us to solve a whole lot of problems."

The Victorian builder has reassured customers it will complete homes after it 'had no choice' but to go into voluntary administration.

'Changes to planning rules' have been flagged to ensure more all-electric homes.

Thousands of angry customers of Western Australia's largest builder have signed an online petition demanding the construction giant finish their homes.

The trio were left to fend for themselves on the side of the road for almost three days before help arrived.

Councillors were handed cash in shopping bags to secure support for planning proposals, a five-year investigation into a sacked Melbourne council has found.

The CFMEU is calling on the federal government to introduce a new tax on exorbitant company profits in order to address the housing crisis.

An award-winning Victorian construction company has become one of the latest casualties of the construction industry crisis, collapsing with $3.3 million in debts.

Englishman Simon Cockerell snapped a series of remarkable photos inside the tallest hotel in the world, which has never welcomed a single guest.

Modco Residential entered voluntary administration on Monday.

Documents filed to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission show Nassif's building company Toplace has entered external administration.

The construction industry is in turmoil, with more than 2000 companies going into liquidation in two years.

Fuming homeowners claim a Western Australian builder has left them with unfinished homes.

The Victorian Managed Insurance Authority announced a group of companies – including Simonds and Metricon have been appointed to help complete the construction of unfinished Porter Davis homes.

For investors and first home buyers, the news has come as a "stressful" surprise, many telling 9News they are now seeking legal action.

Specialist search dogs will be deployed today to find possible dead bodies in the rubble of a Sydney building that was destroyed by a giant fire last week.

Specialist teams are monitoring the buildings with a laser pointer to assess if they will fall after a "10th alarm" call was made for the first time in about half a century.

Development proposal pictures show what the renovated site would have looked like after a $40 million construction project.

The heritage-listed buildings on Randle Street in the centre of Sydney are completely hollowed out following the huge fire.

A man who has been given three years to live after he was exposed to toxic silica dust is calling for mandatory nationwide lung testing on all construction sites.

The design for Sydney's next giant exhaust stack has been revealed, prompting mixed reactions from architects and residents.

Tasmanian company Multi-Res Builders is the latest construction business to collapse amid soaring inflation adding to material costs and labour shortages.

Major changes are coming to the Domestic Building Contracts Act, after hundreds of customers were left without insurance through no fault of their own.

While many Australians look to cut back on their power usage, new parents Chloe and PJ O'Meara aren't holding back.

A detailed assessment into a proposed whitewater centre on the Redlands Coast is now underway, with the Queensland government spending almost $900,000 for private contractors to complete a project validation report.

Emergency services went to the building site where a house was being renovated on Moverly Road in Maroubra after the man working on the site was found dead about 11.15am.

The developer behind much of Brisbane's major urban development is the latest victim of high construction costs and labour shortages.

Victorian Building Authority chief executive officer Sue Eddy has resigned effective immediately.

An 'industry leading' building company has become the latest construction business to go under after more than three decades in business.

The Victorian Government has said it will reimburse hundreds of families who have been left without a home or insurance after paying deposits to builder Porter Davis before its collapse.

Bystander video shows cars hanging precariously from a buckled upper deck after a "large noise and a big rumbling" was heard.

Some Aussies remain in the dark about the future of their homes despite a Victorian construction firm swooping in to partly buy collapsed builder Porter Davis.

Amit Miglani wants to complete all 1700 unfinished homes if his eleventh hour deal is accepted by the liquidator.

The scaffolding fell apart at the industrial construction site on Kiln Street, Darra, in the city's south-east just after 9am today.

The heartbroken owners, who don't wish to be identified, have 9News they have been left with nothing but a smoldering mess.

It took two and a half years for Jonathan and Pherly Dominguez to get their house – now if they could only get their mail.

Warwick Exton, Frankston's current Citizen of the Year, has fond memories of enjoying the beach with his grandmother in the 1920s.

Liquidators Grant Thornton made the revelations in a webinar today, where they answered questions on the process and outlined the next steps forward.

Anxious families and workers are in limbo after two of Australia's largest construction giants went into administration on the same day as soaring costs blow the margins on thousands of building projects.

Construction plagued by delays and mega structure may not recover from an apparent power play involving two of the world's wealthiest men.

Australian building company PBS has gone into voluntary administration and made all 180 of its staff redundant.

Tayla had people tell her "girls shouldn't be on work sites" when she was working as a roofer right up until she had her daughter last year.

As Western Australia's housing crisis continues, Janet and Alan Sammons say they've been waiting more than two years for their dream home to be built.

There are calls for greater financial transparency in the construction industry as yet another major building company collapses, owing millions, and leaving several employees and projects in limbo.

It was meant to be the country's first ever concrete dome silo - but workers in Adelaide locals were left stunned today as the 42 metre structure popped right in front of their eyes.