The Coming Construction Upswing: Implications and Risks
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Australia Construction Conference 2024
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Venue: The Mint, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney New South Wales 2000
08:30 AM | Registration
09:00 AM | Welcome & Opening
David Walker, Managing Director, Oxford Economics, Australia
09:05 – 9:30 AM | Is the Australian economy out of the woods?
- What are the early indications of tax cuts and subsidies impact on the economy?
- How much inflation is too much for the RBA?
- Is there a much-needed productivity boost on the horizon?
Sean Langcake, Head of Macro Economic Forecasting, Oxford Economics, Australia
09:30 – 10:15 AM | Residential building at a turning point?
- How does the looming slowdown in migration impact the outlook?
- Will normal trading conditions return anytime soon for building construction?
- Are recent policy announcements to boost housing supply enough?
- Which non-residential building sub-sectors are expected to grow the nearest term?
Timothy Hibbert, Head of Building & Property Forecasting & Maree Kilroy, Senior Economist Construction & Property
10:15 – 10:30 AM | Break
10:30 – 11:00 AM | How much further can engineering construction activity grow?
- When will we reach the peak of the publicly funded infrastructure boom, and what happens next?
- Why was the renewable energy boom slow to take off, and can we still achieve our climate targets?
- Why is growth in maintenance spending slowing, and where are the next big growth opportunities?
- What does global demand for critical minerals and hydrogen mean for the construction outlook?
- What states and sectors are set to outperform over the coming years?
Nicholas Fearnley, Head of Global Construction Forecasting
11:00 – 11:20 AM | The Coming Construction Upswing: Implications and Risks
- Which segments and regions will lead the next construction cycle?
- What are the market implications and impacts on stakeholders in the upcoming construction cycle?
Adrian Hart, Head of Construction Consulting
11.20 – 11:45 AM | Q&A Panel
11.45 onwards I Lunch & Networking
Walk-ins will not be accepted, please register ahead of the event.
Batman’s Hill on Collins, 623 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
08:30 AM | Registration
09:00 AM | Welcome & Opening
David Walker, Managing Director, Oxford Economics, Australia
09:05 – 9:30 AM | Is the Australian economy out of the woods?
- What are the early indications of tax cuts and subsidies impact on the economy?
- How much inflation is too much for the RBA?
- Is there a much-needed productivity boost on the horizon?
Sean Langcake, Head of Macro Economic Forecasting, Oxford Economics, Australia
09:30 – 10:15 AM | Residential building at a turning point?
- How does the looming slowdown in migration impact the outlook?
- Will normal trading conditions return anytime soon for building construction?
- Are recent policy announcements to boost housing supply enough?
- Which non-residential building sub-sectors are expected to grow the nearest term?
Timothy Hibbert, Head of Building & Property Forecasting & Maree Kilroy, Senior Economist Construction & Property
10:15 – 10:30 AM | Break
10:30 – 11:00 AM | How much further can engineering construction activity grow?
- When will we reach the peak of the publicly funded infrastructure boom, and what happens next?
- Why was the renewable energy boom slow to take off, and can we still achieve our climate targets?
- Why is growth in maintenance spending slowing, and where are the next big growth opportunities?
- What does global demand for critical minerals and hydrogen mean for the construction outlook?
- What states and sectors are set to outperform over the coming years?
Nicholas Fearnley, Head of Global Construction Forecasting
11:00 – 11:20 AM | The Coming Construction Upswing
- Which segments and regions will lead the next construction cycle?
- What are the market implications and impacts on stakeholders in the upcoming construction cycle?
Adrian Hart, Head of Construction Consulting
11.20 – 11:45 AM | Q&A
11:45 AM Onwards I Lunch & Networking
Walk-ins will not be accepted, please register ahead of the event.
12:00 PM | Welcome & Opening
David Walker, Managing Director, Oxford Economics, Australia
12:05 – 12:30 PM | Is the Australian economy out of the woods?
- What are the early indications of tax cuts and subsidies impact on the economy?
- How much inflation is too much for the RBA?
- Is there a much-needed productivity boost on the horizon?
Sean Langcake, Head of Macro Economic Forecasting, Oxford Economics, Australia
12:30 – 1:15 PM | Residential building at a turning point?
- How does the looming slowdown in migration impact the outlook?
- Will normal trading conditions return anytime soon for building construction?
- Are recent policy announcements to boost housing supply enough?
- Which non-residential building sub-sectors are expected to grow the nearest term?
Timothy Hibbert, Head of Building & Property Forecasting & Maree Kilroy, Senior Economist Construction & Property
1:15 – 1:45 PM | How much further can engineering construction activity grow?
- When will we reach the peak of the publicly funded infrastructure boom, and what happens next?
- Why was the renewable energy boom slow to take off, and can we still achieve our climate targets?
- Why is growth in maintenance spending slowing, and where are the next big growth opportunities?
- What does global demand for critical minerals and hydrogen mean for the construction outlook?
- What states and sectors are set to outperform over the coming years?
Nicholas Fearnley, Head of Global Construction Forecasting
11:45 – 2:15 PM | The Coming Construction Upswing: Implications and Risks
- Which segments and regions will lead the next construction cycle?
- What are the market implications and impacts on stakeholders in the upcoming construction cycle?
Adrian Hart, Head of Construction Consulting
Speakers
Maree Kilroy
Senior Economist, Construction & Property Forecasting, Oxford Economics
+61 (0) 2 8458 4283
Maree Kilroy
Senior Economist, Construction & Property Forecasting, Oxford Economics
Sydney, Australia
Maree is a senior economist in the property and building forecasting team at Oxford Economics Australia, analysing demographic trends, housing markets and policy shifts. Having worked in industry economics for 10 years, Maree’s primary responsibility is residential and renovation construction forecasts which are distributed through our subscription products, most notably the recently released ResRadar.
Nicholas Fearnley
Head of Global Construction, Oxford Economics
+61 (0) 2 8458 4262
Nicholas Fearnley
Head of Global Construction, Oxford Economics
Sydney, Australia
Dr Nicholas Fearnley is the Head of Global Construction Forecasting, based in Sydney. Nicholas oversees the teams that produce the various construction, mining, and maintenance studies. He works over the full construction spectrum, and regularly presents and provides commentary for both the construction and mining industries.
Nicholas joined Oxford Economics in 2019 after working at Macromontor, where he was responsible for producing regular Australian building construction forecast reports, and bespoke cost escalation and material demand forecasts. |
Prior to joining Macromonitor, Nicholas completed a PhD at the University of Sydney with a thesis titled: “A Critical and Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship between Informal Institutions and Economic Development.” He was awarded the Walter Noel Gillies Prize for best PhD thesis in Economics, and his thesis was accepted without edits.
Nicholas has undergraduate degrees in both Accounting and Applied Finance from Macquarie University, and a first class honours degree in Accounting from the University of Sydney with a thesis titled: “Culture and the Measurement Decision Offered by Investment Property”.
Timothy Hibbert
Head of Building & Property Forecasting, Oxford Economics
+61 (0) 2 8458 4270
Timothy Hibbert
Head of Building & Property Forecasting, Oxford Economics
Sydney, Australia
Timothy Hibbert leads the property, building, and demographic forecasting at BIS Oxford Economics. He has over 15 years of experience as an industry economist, working across government, consultancy, and subscription services.
Adrian Hart
Director, Construction and Infrastructure, Oxford Economics
+61 (0) 2 8458 4233
Adrian Hart
Director, Construction and Infrastructure, Oxford Economics
Sydney, Australia
Adrian has over 25 years of economic analysis and consulting experience with Oxford Economics Australia, focusing on the infrastructure, building, maintenance and mining industries. Adrian has undertaken a wide range of consultancy projects for the public and private sector based on his detailed understanding of construction, mining and maintenance markets, their drivers and outlooks, the range of organisations operating in this space and the issues they face. This work includes deeper industry liaison, contractor and competitive analysis, pipeline analysis, demand and cost escalation forecasting, and industry capacity and capability projects for the public and private sector. He is the lead author of major reports but also undertakes briefings and workshops for senior management, board members and industry associations, leads in-depth stakeholder consultation, and facilitates and chairs roundtables between government and industry.
David Walker
Managing Director, Oxford Economics Australia
+61 (0) 2 8458 4234
David Walker
Managing Director, Oxford Economics Australia
Australia
David is the Managing Director at Oxford Economics Australia and heads the office for Australia and New Zealand. In August 2013 he moved to Sydney to establish the firm and is continuing to grow the business in this region as well as leading key projects within Australia.
Before moving to Australia David worked as part of Oxford Economics’ business development team in London. Prior to joining Oxford Economics he worked for KPMG as a management consultant, specialising in financial risk management including stress testing and scenario analysis. During this time he was also seconded to the main Financial Services regulatory body, the Financial Services Authority (FSA). He completed his degree in Economics at Nottingham University and also studied the chartered institute for securities investment diploma.
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