Primary — build costs
RLB Riders Digest Australia 2026
Data extracted: Base build cost ranges ($/m² GFA) by development type, Q4 2025 pricing. Used for all construction cost ranges on development cards.
View source → Primary — location factors
Rawlinsons Australian Construction Handbook 2025
Data extracted: State and regional location cost factors applied to NSW Metro base rates (NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA — metro and regional). Used to adjust all dev type cost ranges by selected location.
Primary — feasibility ratios
Master Builders Australia
Data extracted: CC as % of GDV benchmarks by development type; material cost as % of CC; construction cost escalation indices. Used for RLV sensitivity model parameters. Source: MBA National Construction Pipeline Report & Cost Survey 2025.
Primary — RLV & GDV ratios
Reserve Bank of Australia
Data extracted: Residential property price indices; housing finance statistics; construction-to-value ratios by dwelling type. Used to calibrate typical RLV as % of GDV for residential development types. Source: RBA Housing Finance Statistics & Financial Stability Review.
05 — market data
Property Council of Australia
Data extracted: GDV and RLV ratios for commercial, industrial and retail development types; office, retail and industrial market reports. Used for non-residential RLV/GDV benchmarks.
06 — steel pricing
Australian Steel Institute (AISC)
Data extracted: Domestic structural steel mill pricing (rebar, sections, mesh, roofing); import price benchmarks; tariff impact analysis. Feeds directly into steel material price tracker and escalation model.
07 — base metals
London Metal Exchange (LME)
Data extracted: Spot and 3-month forward prices for copper, aluminium and zinc. Copper price directly drives electrical cable and wire/pipe tracker items. Aluminium drives facade, sheet and extrusion pricing.
08 — crude oil
CME Group / NYMEX
Data extracted: WTI crude oil spot and futures prices. Primary upstream driver for diesel, bitumen/asphalt and PVC resin pricing in the materials tracker. Includes Iran/OPEC supply risk premium data.
09 — fuel pricing
Australian Institute of Petroleum
Data extracted: Weekly wholesale and retail diesel prices by state. Direct input for diesel tracker item. Feeds into construction cost escalation via plant, haulage and subcontractor fuel surcharges.
10 — construction indices
ABS — Producer Price Index
Data extracted: PPI for construction materials including concrete, timber, steel products, plasterboard and insulation. Provides 12-month and multi-period % change data for the materials tracker. Source: ABS Cat. 6427.0.
11 — market context
HIA — Housing Industry Association
Data extracted: Residential construction cost escalation; dwelling commencements; townhouse and low-rise apartment cost benchmarks. Supplements MBA data for residential-specific feasibility parameters.
12 — FX & commodity
Reserve Bank of Australia — FX & Commodity
Data extracted: AUD/USD daily exchange rate. Applied as a multiplier to all USD-denominated commodity prices (LME metals, NYMEX crude) to derive AUD-equivalent construction input costs.