Builders rank midway in trust survey

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Builders have ranked 14th out of 30 professions in the latest annual Reader’s Digest Trust Survey. Now in its sixth year, the publication commissioned...

IPENZ appoints new president

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  Craig Price is the new president of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ). Mr Price has had a long career with engineering consultancy...

Entries open for Concrete3 Sustainability Awards

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The awards are sponsored by CCANZ and are open to anyone in the New Zealand construction industry, from architects, designers and engineers to contractors...

Registered Master Builders says record lows no surprise

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Residential building consents for March 2011 were up marginally at 2.2% but down 28% since April 2010 to the lowest level since the series...

Quantity surveyors lead joint effort to develop retention guidelines

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  Calls for an industry-wide collaboration to design guidelines governing how the construction sector makes payments to builders and subcontractors have come to fruition. On March...

One-stop online shop

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Www.trade.homeimprovement.co.nz is an exciting, fresh concept to hit the New Zealand trade market.  Instead of spending precious hours at the shops ordering stock, go online,...

PM opens affordable homes plant

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Prime Minister John Key has opened eHome Global’s new plant for manufacturing conventional (timber framed) affordable homes and apartments last month. The Kumeu, Auckland, facility...

New Zealand’s largest residential development officially underway

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Construction activity in Auckland continues apace, with the start of construction on the Albany Rose Gardens apartments — the largest residential development in the...

Minister opens new Unitec Albany Campus

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Demand is likely to increase noticeably in the future as the population of Auckland north of the harbour bridge is expected to grow from...

New guidelines to prevent falls on site

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Minister of Labour Kate Wilkinson has recently launched new guidance to reduce the workplace death and injury toll from falls in the construction sector....