The Travelling Builder

Walking through the heart of Sydney city, there are construction sites everywhere. You have what feels like every second city street having the new 12km light rail being built by Acciona. Then there is all the high-rise construction happening throughout the city and surrounding areas. For perspective, the RBL crane index has listed Sydney as having … Continue reading "Pro Build’s Greenland Centre could be Sydney’s most recognised construction site"

Hutchinson Builders or more affectionately known as Hutchies, have capitalised on the building boom that is taking place in Brisbane, Australia.  For the last few years, the skyline of Brisbane has been littered with tower cranes completing in this current round of high-rise construction. On any given day, no matter which direction that you look, … Continue reading "Hutchinson Builders dominating Brisbane’s skyline"

I have been following Heath Nicholson Builders on Instagram for a while now, watching their various projects progress. So I got in touch, asked if I could write an article about one of their projects. Heath was more than happy to help out with an article and said that the “Round House” they are currently … Continue reading "Heath Nicholson Builders ‘Round House’"

Hi, I am Matt The Travelling Builder. In this episode, I am going to talk about why I love construction site management and site supervising. Over the years I have had many roles, a carpenter, manager, leading hand and a laborer. I get the biggest kick out of construction site management. I thoroughly enjoy working … Continue reading "Construction site management, why I love it."

Hi, I am Matt The Travelling Builder. In this episode, I am going to talk about why I love construction site management and site supervising. Over the years I have had many roles, a carpenter, manager, leading hand and a laborer. I get the biggest kick out of construction site management. I thoroughly enjoy working … Continue reading "Construction site management, why I love it."

Hi, I am Matt, The Travelling Builder. This week I have been to Berlin, Germany. I got off the train at Berlin Central. What I noticed most while walking to my hotel, was how much construction work there was taking place. Getting off the train, you are meet by four construction sites in a row. … Continue reading "Berlin, Germany – construction is a little different"

Hi, I am Matt, The Travelling Builder. I had a few comments about the last video where I talked about the breakdown of trades in Australia. The reason for my view that such a breakdown is a bad thing for the industry is as follows. Nowadays tradespeople, more to the point apprentices are now working … Continue reading "Australia failing apprentices – its a problem"