This service provides detailed forecasts and commentary covering the outlook for building activity over the next 18 months in Australia, by sector and by state.

BIS Shrapnel's Building Industry Prospects Onlines Service is available in hardcopy, or can be upgraded to include online access.

BIS Shrapnel's Building Industry Prospects has been running for 40 years and is Australia's leading forecasting publication in the building industry. The annual subscription includes:

• Monthly Bulletin (10 issues per year)
  A regular monitoring of developments affecting the building industry, with detailed numerical forecasts of both dwelling and non-dwelling building activity. Forecasts include commencements of commercial and industrial building (including offices, shops and hotels), commencements of social and institutional building, housing and other dwelling commencements. Building Industry Prospects also considers approvals and completion of dwellings, alterations and additions, demography, housing finance and real estate prices.
• Building Briefing Conferences
  Half-day conferences held in March and September each year, in most capital cities. The conferences provide forecasts for the next 18 months, with a detailed briefing of the factors that will influence building activity. Two complimentary admissions per subscriber, for each conference.
• Enquiry Service
  Subscribers may contact BIS Shrapnel Building and Construction consultants for more detailed explanations of the bulletins' contents and the implications of the forecasts for individual businesses.
• Upgrade: Online Service
  Instant online access to Bulletins, conference slides, latest statistics, revised forecasts and Press Releases in a convenient electronic format (PDF, MS Excel and MS Powerpoint) enhances the service.

For longer term building forecasts, please refer to the Building in Australia, 2012-2027 report.

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