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In 1914 Hornibrook joined the Queensland Master Builders' Association and was its president in 1922 and 1923; he was president (1926) and a life member (1959) of the Master Builders Federation of Australia; he was also a foundation fellow (1951), councillor and National President (1952–56) of the Australian Institute of Builders (now Building ...
Designed as a showplace for the Queensland Government, the building and grounds were floodlit at night. [1] [44] As well as occupying pre-existing buildings, the Queensland Government constructed purpose-built buildings to accommodate its administration and departmental offices in Brisbane.
In 2023, the Master Builders Solutions Holding allocated over 3% of its turnover to R&D, resulting in over 80 ongoing pipeline projects. One notable innovation is the superplasticizer MasterCO 2 re , [ 9 ] facilitating the use of clinker-reduced cement types in concrete production and achieving substantial CO 2 savings up to 50%.
The Australian Institute of Building (AIB) is a professional society founded in 1951, incorporated in 1955 and granted a royal charter in 1969. The institute is an association of building professionals, associate professionals and technicians engaged in building practice, teaching, or research throughout Australia and overseas.
1947: To meet the demand for housing, the Queensland Housing Commission started building the State's first rental homes. [ 25 ] 1970: Due to changes to the Family Law Act, including the addition of no-fault divorce, and the subsequence rise of smaller households, the commission began developing unit blocks and attached houses rather than ...
J. Pigeon, 1949. Sir John Allan Stewart Pidgeon (15 July 1926 – 2 June 2016) was an Australian contractor and property developer. He and his sister, Valmai Pidgeon, have been involved with the Queensland construction industry since joining their father's business in the 1940s.
The Bjelke-Petersens have influenced politics in Queensland, at both state and Commonwealth levels, for sixty years. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen was a farmer and later Premier of Queensland between 1968 and 1987; He was the member for Nanango from 1946 to 1950 and for Barambah from 1950 to 1987. He was Georg Peter Bjelke-Petersen's grandson.