Tag: Industry News
Angular Lexus showroom wins architecture award
A brave decision to build a one-car showroom on a high-profile site has paid off for GWD Lexus of Queenstown and Anna-Marie Chin Architects.
The...
New Commission key to healthy infrastructure industry
The draft New Zealand Infrastructure Commission/Te Waihanga Bill is a positive step towards better and more efficient infrastructure planning and investment on a national...
The ‘Wellbeing Budget’ — what was in it for the construction industry?
The Government’s recent “Wellbeing Budget” has promised to commit large sums of money to a number of sectors in an effort to transform the...
PSP team sprints to NZ Group A championship honours
The finale of this year’s Mouthfresh New Zealand Jetsprint Championships was held at the picturesque Wanaka jetsprint track recently, with the PSP Jetsprint team...
G.J. Gardner on top — again
G.J. Gardner Homes has won the Reader’s Digest 2019 Most Trusted Brands award in the Home Builder category for another year.
Winners are selected based...
Better infrastructure planning welcomed
The release of a prototype Infrastructure Pipeline to forecast major projects being delivered by central government agencies has been welcomed by New Zealand’s civil...
New earthquake-proof building technology live test a success
AUT’s Built Environment Engineering (BEE) Lab has tested a new earthquake proofing brace system, designed to not only dissipate the force of an earthquake...
Survey reveals red tape is strangling the building industry
A recent survey of leading industry participants has revealed that a full 80% of all respondents see bureaucratic regulation and “red tape” as having...
Vocational Education Reform: On-the-job learning an essential part of trades training
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New Christchurch multi-school campus completed
ShapEd has completed development of a new state-of-the-art campus for the Ministry of Education in Christchurch.
The facility will be home to Shirley Boys’ and...