On 26 January 2020 the Government released the three year
Construction Sector Transformation Plan (Plan)
which aims to ease the delivery of the workforce and productivity
gains needed to boost the construction sector and deliver the
recently announced infrastructure projects. According to the
National Construction Pipeline Report 2019, construction activity
is due to total $214.9 billion over the next five years (not
including the further $12 billion investment announced in
December).
Jenny Salesa, Minister for Building and Construction announced
the Plan by saying:
"The action plan launched today delivers on the
Government's Construction Sector Accord promise in April to
develop a tangible plan that ensures industry has the rights
skills, the right people and the right internal coordination to
lift its productivity and take advantage of the quarter of a
trillion dollars of public and private construction work expected
over the next five years"
