Developers welcome Queensland government suspending Best Practice Industry Conditions amid 'constructability crisis'

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The peak body for urban developers says it takes twice as long to build residential apartments in Queensland as it calls for a 'reset' of workforce productivity.

The peak body for urban developers says it's taking Queensland members twice as long to build residential apartment complexes as before COVID-19 due to a "constructability crisis" that's contributing to housing issues.

"We need to make sure we are taking all appropriate measures to increase productivity so we can get more homes and more projects delivered." He said businesses that had not signed up to BPIC had not received government contracts, and that he had referred allegations of bullying and intimidation tactics to the CCC and police.But major government contractor Scott Hutchinson, of Hutchinson Builders, said there was more at play in the construction crisis.

"The LNP are cutting the wages of tradies — something they said they wouldn't do before the election," a spokesperson said.

 

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