Building

Construction costs have risen at a pace not seen for nearly a decade, as anyone building or renovating a house will know. So what are the implications of this for house insurance? According to… Audio

Scott Brown's youtube HOW TO videos are helping do-it-yourselfers around the country and overseas. It's a family affair, with partner, Jessica Bell's ideas and creativity reflected in the tutorials… Audio

A renowned architect has come up with a plan to turn a former leper colony into a scenic managed isolation facility. Michael O'Sullivan has designed a prefabricated pod that he reckons would be a big… Audio

A group of leaky homeowners have been left with more bills to pay - after their long-running class action against the cladding giant James Hardie failed.

A court judgement has found the 144… Audio

Wellington's largest office building is considerably emptier today as more than 1000 staff stay away.

IRD staff have been told to work from home until the 17-storey Asterton Building on Featherston… Audio

Authorities are pausing search and rescue operations at the partially-collapsed building in Surfside, Florida to prepare for the likely demolition of what remains of the Champlain Towers.

At least 24… Audio

The building boom is in full force - but with it comes an ugly side effect. Construction waste is an increasing problem.  Audio

Our panellists look at the new Princess Diana memorial statue, why the war on drugs never mentions cigarettes, the Oranga Tamarik investigation, and whether New Zealand can really afford to keep its… Audio

To Miami, where a sixth day of searching at the site of the collapsed seaside apartment building has revealed no further survivors.

There are still 150 people unaccounted for, while 11 bodies have… Audio

The prospect of finding any more survivors in the rubble of the collapsed apartment building in Miami appears to be fading following a fruitless day for rescuers.

The painstaking process has… Audio

It’s not a great time to be young right now. But has Covid crushed what was left of our dreams? 

Yeah. Nah.  Audio

The former design lead for the abandoned SkyPath planned for the Auckland Harbour Bridge says the Waitemata needs a new crossing - but not the boxy expensive one the government wants. Audio

A lawyer for the building materials company James Hardie has blamed bad construction for a leaky home - not the company's product.

The James Hardie group of companies are being sued for more than 200… Audio

To other news now and the country's biggest construction company has made a significant lift in its earnings thanks mainly to a strong housing market.

Fletcher Building has reported a profit of $121… Audio

BDO's annual construction survey outlines a rather grim picture for the industry, including the rise of low-ball bidding.  Audio

A new report puts the cost of having to fix defects in new house builds at $2.5b each year. The figure's been hammered out by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research in an analysis of direct… Audio