Tag: Industry Opinion

By Generation Homes chief executive Kelvin Atkinson   Baby boomers sang along with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, made space in their living rooms for...

By Developer Peter Cooney, Classic Developments   There is no shortage of financiers wanting to invest in New Zealand housing developments. There is no shortage of...

By RMBA chief executive David Kelly   Industry transformation is happening. After two Constructive Forums we are now seeing new approaches and technologies being applied right...

We currently have a housing sector under extreme pressure to deliver more houses, especially more affordable ones. We also have a new government with...

It’s been five years since the Department of Building and Housing was subsumed into the mega-ministry known as the Ministry of Business Innovation and...

By Building Today columnist Mike Fox   I was fortunate enough to attend a presentation by world-renowned financial commentator John Kay in Auckland that was hosted...

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...

RMBA president Simon Barber welcomed delegates to the second Constructive Forum with a thought-provoking speech that addressed a number of issues facing the sector.    It...

Before embarking on a building project, the average Kiwi has little to no idea about just how much the cost of council-imposed infrastructure, council...

In 2011, the Construction Strategy Group (CSG) commissioned a step change report by editors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) that for the first time authoritatively summarised the...