National Report Greetings to all Members and readers, Firstly a sincere thank you to all members, for your support in my executive election recently at the 2008 National AGM. Amongst the troubled global issues surrounding Australia currently, the forecast for our industry within the Building Services Engineering sector has never looked so bright. With the housing and accommodation sectors showing signs of slowing the major commercial entities are continuing to provide steady future planning and construction. This will provide growth into the future for the crucial building services for which a majority of our members represent; reassuring signs for us all.
Another long term positive injection is the increase of apprentices within our industry. This valuable resource had until recently, sadly diminished over the previous 15 years. Let’s hope that this resurgence will bring with it the numbers of quality trades people that we all depend upon in supporting our businesses. A growing number of our members including myself have been involved with market leading projects delivering Green star, ABGR (NABERS) and Energy solutions within the industry. The depth of expertise that these members possess, not only in theory but in delivery, is a very impressive; hence I encourage you all to come along to site visits and committee meetings to meet and gain exposure to our evolving industry and the services we deliver.
Feel free to contact me for an update, chat or visit our web site for the latest events as they come to hand. www.ipea.org.au
Michael Josephs National President IPEA