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Malcolm Fleming: Certified Builders Chief Executive on Education minister orders more classrooms to help struggling tradies · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Right, As I mentioned the government's pumping more money into
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  Speaker 1: schools to prop up our struggling construction sector fifty eight
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  Speaker 1: million and new funding and one hundred and seventy five
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  Speaker 1: million brought forward funding. We'll go into maintenance work and
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  Speaker 1: fast tracking school infrastructure. Nationwide constructions in deep decline down
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  Speaker 1: nearly ten percent over the past years, so the tradees
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  Speaker 1: will be celebrating. Malcolm Fleming, certified builder's chief executive, joins me.
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  Speaker 2: Now morning Malcolm, Good morning, Francesca, thank you for inviting
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  Speaker 2: me on your program.
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  Speaker 1: Oh that's all right. Hey, Look is this was this
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  Speaker 1: good news yesterday? How needed is this?
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  Speaker 2: It is very much needed and follows up from last
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  Speaker 2: week when we're talking about gd Do you think it's
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  Speaker 2: across the country eroading and constructions downward? Trend of that
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  Speaker 2: was two point two percent, So we're talking about a
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  Speaker 2: good jolt of investment coming quite quickly. While the sound
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  Speaker 2: of it as well is very welcome news.
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  Speaker 1: Indeed, what difference do you think it will make to
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  Speaker 1: the construction industry and can we measure how many jobs
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  Speaker 1: it might create?
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  Speaker 2: We can't measure how many jobs it will we pay,
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  Speaker 2: but I think it's fair to say that it will
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  Speaker 2: allow builders and sub trades as well. So this is
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  Speaker 2: the plumbers and electricians and so forth to get a
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  Speaker 2: sort of forward workload of of projects ahead of them
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  Speaker 2: that I can start relying on depending on where you
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  Speaker 2: are in the country, and it can vary on what
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  Speaker 2: that forward workload looks like. It is very very variable.
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  Speaker 2: So for those who are thinking about their businesses, I
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  Speaker 2: can keep the current staff levels. This is an opportunity say, yes,
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  Speaker 2: the economy is starting to shift and here some work
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  Speaker 2: that they can start quoting on coming up really quick.
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  Speaker 1: And look, there's talk about the fact trade is going
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  Speaker 1: to be working over summer, but I imagine that the
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  Speaker 1: impact of this will be longer than just the summer.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, how long do you think it will keep
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  Speaker 1: the industry going for?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's schoolwork. Traditionally is a lot of it is
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  Speaker 2: done over the summer period because no easier. Yep, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: around school teeds, around all the rest of it. So
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  Speaker 2: they are the trains are quite used to that type
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  Speaker 2: of work. I just really want to emphasize that it's
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  Speaker 2: a good push of work now that is very much
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  Speaker 2: needed and will start giving a bit more confidence back
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  Speaker 2: into the market. So even though I'm going to conference
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  Speaker 2: as our own ones don't Certified Buildings Conference a few
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  Speaker 2: months ago. Now in a place like Zie Built so
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  Speaker 2: Buildings Jet, there is a sort of quite confidence around
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  Speaker 2: there that better days are coming on the track and
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  Speaker 2: this is an example that the better day is starting
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  Speaker 2: to emerge.
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  Speaker 1: So, Malcolm, it sounds like it's a good short term solution.
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  Speaker 1: What about you know, are there other ways that the
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  Speaker 1: government could be giving the constructed construction industry a bit
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  Speaker 1: of a boost.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think this is an example that the government
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  Speaker 2: is starting to listen to the concerns of industry that
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  Speaker 2: the pipeline of work for some areas like school works,
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  Speaker 2: like community housing have been a co stuff over the
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  Speaker 2: last couple of years and starting to see the impact
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  Speaker 2: that that has had that we've had people exiting our business,
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  Speaker 2: so our industry going overseas or just leaving the industry
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  Speaker 2: and priority. And if we'll continue to go as we are,
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  Speaker 2: there's going to be a real issue in the industry
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  Speaker 2: beund a gear up again when the work starts coming in,
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  Speaker 2: and that's already been a rat main concern of ours
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  Speaker 2: as well. The other good news about all this just
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  Speaker 2: putting aside. It's a construction industry. It's good news for schools.
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  Speaker 2: It's critical our country's children be educating in the classrooms
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  Speaker 2: that are fit for purpose, that are warm, dry and
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  Speaker 2: healthy spaces, and that they need good designers and good
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  Speaker 2: builders to make that happen.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. I was a little bit rude before Markman I said,
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  Speaker 1: I've really struggled to get tradees to work over summer,
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  Speaker 1: but I suppose needs must.
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  Speaker 2: It is very much a case Francisca. I think that
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  Speaker 2: if Tholls aren't going on the holiday this summer, they'll
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  Speaker 2: be pleased to be able to put that aside.
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  Speaker 1: Malcolm Fleming, thanks so much for your time this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Malcolm is the Certified Builder's Chief executive. For
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