[Mercury Bullet]

Originally Posted by zipping

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-2...-start/8204004

South Australia bless em

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/26/as...-prefabricated

Chinese skyscraper built in 19 days.

and this

http://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...than-two-days/

Would love to see Australians be let of the leash and employing engineers/tradesman etc to build the future, but apparently SSM is the hot topic go figure.

So what holds us back. “Most problematic factors for doing business” according to the World bank survey. And what are the top 4? Government, government, government and government:

Restrictive labor regulations
Tax rates
Inefficient government bureaucracy
Tax regulations

Only read the first link.

Why does this continually happen? The new Perth Childrens Hospital was basically completed 18 months ago but it's still not open due to "contamination issues." In this particular case I agree with the decision to keep it closed because it's lead contamination, in a childrens hospital.

Sure governments have their share of the blame but the companies doing the building have nothing to do with government. They can't seem to finish any job on time - or budget. Do the so-called penalties really get applied?

Outsourcing to other countries sucks too. Our new sports stadium can't host anything because the pedestrian bridge is sitting in Malaysia. Can't we build a friggin pedestrian bridge here?