Brisbane’s country-leading construction cost inflation will pressure the new Coalition state government as it tackles hospitals-heavy spending and draws up new plans for infrastructure to host the 2032 Olympic Games, new figures from RLB show.

Newly sworn-in LNP Premier David Crisafulli has not only inherited the previous Labor government’s $11.2 billion, six-year program to deliver three new hospitals, 11 major hospital expansions and seven satellite hospitals but also the fastest-growing construction costs, according to the consultancy’s latest forecasts.