Here’s why increasing productivity in housing construction is such a tricky problem to solve
- Written by Martin Loosemore, Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney
This week, the Productivity Commission released its much-awaited report into productivity growth in Australia’s housing construction sector. It wasn’t a glowing appraisal.
The commission found physical productivity – the total number of houses built per hour worked – has more than halved over the past 30 years.
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