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Brookfield has finalised the long running sale of its Aveo retirement living asset to Scape’s rebranded parent business The Living Company.

Australia has the skills and intelligence to lead the fast -emerging new world of life sciences, health and technology sectors, globally. The struggle though, is getting our hands on the sophisticated technology, equipment and robotics needed for the fitouts of these specialised facilities. Costs are rising – and we’re talking sometimes tens of millions of dollars.

Podcast: John King reckons he’s found the recipe for sustainability success and profits, and it’s wrapped up in solutions that defy the crowd. Hear more.

Serial entrepreneur Alf Wheeler of Zeoform reveals the most persuasive argument to make when you’re pitching for funding. Spoiler alert: it’s not a great

The Fifth Estate interviewed Lasse Lind of 3XN and Karolina Bäckman Faulkner of GXN as they get set for the next phase of their work after the opening of the Sydney Fish Market.

The latest piece of news to back that up is the acquisition by the US based Colliers of Ayesa, the Spanish company that bought engineering firm ADP just 12 months ago.

Developers and their contributing professionals and consultants are on notice. While the built environment has largely mastered the art of how to get to net zero – at least in theory and at least at the top end – the searchlights are now increasingly trained on how to protect and enhance nature.

VIDEO: Shaun Carter’s architectural company, Carter Williamson, is expanding from designing mainly homes to tall apartments. That’s not such a stretch, he says, but what’s more interesting is the work to better understand sustainability from a cost benefit point of view, especially for clients.

UK based engineers’ association CIBSE is known for its high standards and strong reputation, so taking the helm of this outfit was quite the challenge, you’d think.

Tuesday was warm. Freakishly warm by early August standards. In our inner west Sydney office, we didn’t need any heating until…the sun went down.