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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Joe Hinchliffe

Queensland Productivity Commission argues construction industry ‘reset’ needed to fix housing crisis and deliver Olympics

Industry stakeholders blamed BPICs for ‘a significant slowdown in site productivity on public construction’, the interim report said.
Industry stakeholders blamed BPICs for ‘a significant slowdown in site productivity on public construction’, the interim report said. Photograph: Dan Peled/EPA

Queensland’s Productivity Commission has flagged a broad construction industry “reset” that could threaten existing enterprise bargaining agreements, arguing it may be required if the state is to build its way out of a housing crisis – and host the Olympics.

The commission released an interim report on Thursday into improving productivity in the construction sector that called on the Queensland government to permanently remove so-called “Best Practice Industry Conditions” (BPICs) from its procurement policy.

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