This collection consists of 12 articles previously published in Emerald journals between 2010 and 2013 on the built environment and property management in Australia, focusing on green buildings, the management efficiency of construction businesses, housing affordability, fatal incidents involving excavators in the construction industry, valuation and assessment, measures of environmentally sustainable development and their effect on property asset value, biodiversity conservation and urban growth, planning agreements and sustainability, plant-related fatalities in the construction industry, operative and manager attitudes towards cultural diversity, and the gender composition of boards of directors of REIT (Real Estate Investment Trusts).