Construction
Housing Minister forecasts 'unprecedented' construction activity
A new Government report shows construction activity during the next six years is expected to top two-hundred billion dollars. Audio
Construction activity still building - report
A new Government report shows construction activity during the next six years is expected to top $200 billion.
Shoddy buildings on the rise
Substandard building work is on the rise - with complaints to the government run Licensed Building Practitioners scheme up 30 per cent this year. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment… Audio, Gallery
Not an Unusual Builder
With her apprenticeship finished, Joy Isherwood will soon be a qualified tradesperson in the building industry working as part of the Christchurch re-build. Audio
NZ History
Gavin McLean is a senior historian for the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. He discusses our structural relationship with cement and concrete. Audio
Pokeno Progress
The North Waikato town of Pokeno is being transformed. Eighteen years ago there were fears the town would die when it was by-passed but today an industrial park is being established and up to 1500… Audio
Fletcher Building sees tough Australian market conditions ahead
Fletcher Building is confident it can manage through tough trading conditions in Australia to meet its full year profit forecast. Audio
Legal claim alleges quake insurers breached human rights
Steve Patterson is a Christchurch businessman taking a case to the OECD against New Zealand-based insurers and construction companies, alleging human rights abuses of Christchurch quake victims. The… Audio
Skill shortages constrain Canterbury rebuild
Competition with the booming Auckland housing market, is likely to constrain progress in the Canterbury rebuild, this year. Audio
House building consents at highest level in years
The number of consents for new houses and apartments has hit its highest level since 2007. Audio
Builders must pay thousands for wrecking moa hunting site
Two construction companies have been convicted of irreparably damaging an early Maori moa-hunter site while fixing a quake-damaged Christchurch house. Audio
Tenon expects mergers and acquisitions in US building products
Tenon's chariman is expecting a ramp up in mergers and acquisitions in the building products industry, now that the United States housing market has begun to recover. Audio
Constructions skills and resource shortages dampen expectations
The outlook for the infrastructure and building industry points to an easing of investor confidence as the challenges posed by skills and material shortages moderates enthusiasm. Audio
Building New Zealand
The history of Fletcher Construction in New Zealand (No Job Too Hard: volume two of three), with Jack Smith, who joined the Fletcher group in 1953 and was involved as an employee and then consultant… Audio
Government predicts unprecidented construction boom
The Government is predicting construction to boom to unprecedented levels by 2017. Audio
Fletcher Building says NZ economy underpins its confidence
Fletcher Building is confident it can meet its forecast earnings for the current year, despite the tough global economic conditions and uncertainty ahead for the building industry across the Tasman… Audio
Building industry crying out for apprentice builders and associated trades
Ruma Karaitiana is the Chief Executive of BCITO - Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation and Mark Cochrane owns MJC Construction Limited. The BCITO was appointed by Government to set… Audio
Plans to set up an off-site construction industry in NZ
Richard Ogden is the chairman and founder of the UK organisation Buildoffsite. He is visiting New Zealand to help set up an Australasian chapter and Bruce Coubray is the general manager of Howick… Audio
Queenstown boom time are back as investors flock to resort.
Three of Queenstown's derelict construction sites are taking on a new lease on life as an economic turn around brings investors back. Audio
