August 2017 Issue

You could make a strong case that the 2017 championship won by the Crusaders is the most impressive in the franchise’s history. And there would […]

Famous writers will tell you they look everywhere for inspiration before they put pen to paper. I am not suggesting for one second that I […]

The tragic fire in the Grenfell Tower in London in June highlights the question: “who is really in charge of our industry?” I struggle to […]

Floorman Waikato Ltd (F) was engaged by Jonathan McRae (M) to sand and coat his floors. F said that different options and pricing for flooring […]

First, let me congratulate you all for trying to do something about the rising tide of homelessness and unaffordable housing. Rather than talk about the […]

New Zealand is on track to exceed last year’s level of building consents for new homes, following consent data released recently by Statistics New Zealand. […]

20 years ago: • The final component of the country’s largest and most talked about commercial development — the tower at Auckland’s Sky City casino […]

Results in the latest report on the BRANZ House Condition Survey show around half of New Zealand houses still lack adequate insulation, and that householders […]

Liveability and creating healthy communities will be the focus of future cities, according to international sustainability experts. Katie Swenson, a US-based leader in sustainable design […]

Ever wondered why solar thermal (ST) is not more prevalent while solar is? The key is huge, low-cost, thermal geo-storage systems called the “Heat Core” […]

The New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC) is making it easier for the construction sector to lift and verify the performance of new homes. Last […]

Scaffolding work usually occurs within a larger context, and can be impacted by other activities and Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBUs) on the […]

SiteWise has launched a new feature which will make monitoring contractors’ health and safety performance easier. The new dashboard is now live, and will be […]

Thirty architecture, engineering and construction management students, one brief and just three days to develop a fictional experimental village for the New Plymouth Council. That […]

Property Council New Zealand (PCNZ) has welcomed the Government’s recent announcement of a Crown company to invest in housing infrastructure. “The Property Council has long […]

As demand for construction surges, the industry is constrained by capacity, compliance and sluggish contract turnaround times. Results from the first New Zealand Construction Industry […]

  Women are flourishing throughout New Zealand’s construction sector, with 39 finalists in the third annual Hays NAWIC Excellence Awards reflecting the outstanding contribution being […]

Mike Greer Homes has been building homes for 25 years and is New Zealand’s largest residential home building company, with 11 branches throughout the country. […]

The Mackays to Pekapeka Expressway, Waterview Tunnel and Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild are among dozens of civil contracting projects up for the industry’s equivalent of the […]