As two more toilet projects are commencing in Nepal, our Nepalese partners (CHDS) were keen to improve the efficiency of their financial reporting systems. Whilst all their reporting has been accurate and on time, HH asked Tim Short to visit Nepal...
Could there be trouble with the Northern Territory’s big (Federal Government money) Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP) Program? The attached news clippings indicate there maybe a few issues that need checking in the...
From Andy Irvine the General Manager of GEBIE Civil & Construction on Groote Eylandt
“I am very proud to send you a photo of a big day here yesterday as GCC formally welcomed our first school based apprentices. Trent and Jarenzo came to us on...
Quiz:
At two panel sessions at a medical conference, 4 of the 6 speakers are architects or planners because:
a) there really is a link between health and the physical environment
or
b) the conference organisers have made a very serious mistake!...
In May HH hosted two visitors from the United Kingdom, here for the World Habitat Awards, on a lightning tour of Sydney and Wilcannia. HH would like to thank the visitors, for their stamina in the face of jet lag, cold weather and a hectic travel...
Groote Eylandt looked to be getting ready for Xmas in July with prefabricated shower, laundry and toilet areas and some kitchen areas delivered and still wrapped up like Xmas presents (for salt spray protection during barging to the site from...
Healthabitat was asked to present work for this important day in Canberra, 5th of May, and explore possible applications of the Australian and Nepal the work by architects in Bangladesh. The venue for our Seminar “Sharing our Achievements” and the...
So imagine you live in a small Aboriginal community and the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing program (also known at SIHIP in the NT) comes to town to improve your houses.
They knock on the door … what do you do? Well...
Our news story on the ‘National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing (NPAoRI) and the Northern Territory (NT) part of the program is becoming a collision of rising costs, the poorly founded promise of house build targets, falling...
The ABC TV program 7.30 has been asking questions about housing upgrade works completed in a small community south east of Alice Springs in the mix …big money, no baseline data available to the community, no costs recorded for each house, no...