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Construcciones Yamaro: Bluebeam Max webinar explores automation and AI tools

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The webinar explores how AI can support project workflows through Bluebeam Max. (Image: winnievinzence/stock.adobe.com) Bluebeam has released an on-demand webinar showcasing Bluebeam Max, a premium subscription designed to help architecture, engineering and construction teams improve efficiency and decision-making. Bluebeam Max enhances the capabilities of Revu with automation and AI-powered tools that reduce manual effort, improve accuracy and help teams identify potential issues earlier in the project process. The webinar demonstrates how Bluebeam Max connects teams, data and workflows while improving visibility across 2D drawings and 3D models. Key topics covered include: How to automate repetitive tasks and generate markups, updates and project insights using natural language prompts; ways to accelerate layouts and takeoffs with markup actions, including Duplicate As, Convert To and Offset; how Stitching combines multiple drawings into a seamless view to improve project cla...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Builder chosen for Grafton Base Hospital redevelopment

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Artist’s impression: The Grafton Base Hospital redevelopment will deliver a new multi-storey acute services building. (Images: NSW Government) Richard Crookes Constructions has been appointed to deliver the main works for the Grafton Base Hospital redevelopment, with construction set to begin in the coming weeks. The appointment follows a competitive tender process and planning approval for the project’s Review of Environmental Factors, which was placed on public exhibition in late 2025. The NSW Government has also announced an additional $20 million for the redevelopment as part of the 2026–27 State Budget, bringing its total contribution to $283.8 million. The funding will support a new purpose-built maternity unit with dedicated birthing rooms and improved inpatient accommodation. It will also enable the decommissioning and demolition of the existing maternity unit. The new unit forms part of the broader Grafton Base Hospital redevelopment , which will deliver a multi-storey ac...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Decode Group and Iris Capital top out Queensgate precinct

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A tree was placed at the highest point of the Queensgate development to mark the construction milestone. (Images: Decode Group) Decode Group and Iris Capital have celebrated the topping out of Queensgate, a mixed-use precinct at 18–32 Darlinghurst Road, Potts Point. The milestone was marked with a traditional ceremony, with a tree placed at the highest point of the development. Queensgate spans five interconnected buildings and will include 48 apartments, two pubs, a medical centre, ground-floor retail and laneway retail. Designed by TZG and Panov Scott, the project has retained and restored key heritage elements, including the historic façade along Darlinghurst Road and the Victorian-era Bourbon Bar. Decode Group CEO Divya Mehta said the milestone brings the project one step closer to completion. “Decode is proud to be one step closer to bringing Iris Capital’s vision to reinvigorate Sydney’s most famous nightlife strip while honouring and preserving its iconic heritage,” said Me...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Autodesk finds technology adoption rising in Australian construction

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Digital skills and budget gaps continue to shape technology use. (Image: ME Image/stock.adobe.com) A new report from Autodesk reveals the Australian construction industry is steadily increasing its use of technology amid ongoing operational challenges, stagnating productivity and geopolitical uncertainty. The  State of Digital Adoption in the Construction Industry 2026  is a study of 954 businesses across Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, India and Vietnam, assessing the gap between digital ambition and digital capabilities. The businesses surveyed, including 287 from Australia, operate across architecture, engineering, construction, real estate development and specialty trade contracting. According to the report, on average 48 per cent of Australian construction sector employees use industry-specific technology weekly. This is the second highest out of all countries included in the report, behind only Vietnam at 52 per cent. Australian businesses use an average of 7.6 technol...
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Construcciones Yamaro: WT forecasts elevated Australian construction costs

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Brisbane is forecast to remain Australia’s most pressured construction market. (Image: THINK b/stock.adobe.com) Australian construction costs are set to remain elevated over the next three years, with national business-as-usual (BAU) escalation forecast at 5.5 per cent for building and 5.1 per cent for infrastructure in 2026, according to the latest Australian Construction Market Conditions Report by WT . Published twice yearly, the report provides city-by-city escalation forecasts across building and infrastructure. This edition separates BAU escalation from direct costs linked to global supply disruption, giving the industry a clearer baseline for decision-making. WT construction economist Damon Roast said the approach reflects the reality that external cost pressures vary by project type, materials mix and supply chain exposure. “The direct impacts on construction costs have been significant in some areas, particularly for infrastructure projects with heavy reliance on oil produ...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Freecity gets green light for mixed-use precinct at Rouse Hill Metro

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The three towers will rise above a mixed-use podium. (Images: Freecity) Property group Freecity has received development approval for its three-tower, mixed-use development at 2–30 Tempus Street, Rouse Hill, in Sydney’s north west. Lodged as a State Significant Development Application and approved by the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, the project will deliver 548 new rental homes alongside commercial, retail and wellness spaces. Positioned opposite the Rouse Hill Metro station and adjacent to the Rouse Hill Town Centre, the project supports housing diversity, economic growth and community vitality in one of Sydney’s fastest-growing corridors. The development will comprise three towers of 11, 18 and 23 storeys above a three-storey mixed-use podium. The 18 and 23-storey residential towers will include 332 build-to-rent apartments across studio, one, two and three-bedroom layouts, with a flexible mix designed for a range of household types. The 11-storey buil...
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Construcciones Yamaro: ACA’s Peter Colacino sets out construction industry priorities

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The Australian Constructors Association wants to see the industry change how it operates. (Image: MST/stock.adobe.com) The Australian Constructors Association’s new CEO, Peter Colacino, shares what needs to change to meet the nation’s growing infrastructure demands. By Peter Colacino, CEO of the Australian Constructors Association. Nation-shaping work has always been high stakes. However, the challenges faced by the construction sector today are the greatest in a generation. The scale of what we are being asked to deliver is extraordinary, but so too is the question of whether our existing systems and processes can deliver it. Over time, layers of complexity and cost have been built into project delivery. Outdated approaches, skills constraints and cost pressures are now converging at exactly the moment demand is peaking at record levels. Peter Colacino, CEO of the Australian Constructors Association. (Image: ACA) However, the flipside of these challenges is an immense opportunit...
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