Tag: construction

New Zealand’s Shift Towards Sustainable Construction: Embracing Mass Timber

The results from the latest BRANZ survey into the trends and perceptions around the uptake of mass engineered wood products (EWP) shows a remarkable shift in New Zealand’s building industry […]

MBIE consultation – Removing barriers to overseas products

MBIE is seeking feedback on a package of changes announced by the Government to make it easier to use new building products from overseas.   https://youtu.be/lMmQsBflw5s?si=t1243eUZy0MhJ00O The proposed changes to the […]

RLB Oceania Construction Market Update Q1 2024

According to RLB’s Oceania Report, Auckland remained at the forefront of construction activity across NZ’s regions. The value of construction work increased in Auckland and, to a lesser extent, in […]

A helping hand with embodied carbon assessment

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has released examples of embodied carbon assessments produced by members of the building and construction sector.   This resource has been made to […]

Big changes to leading construction contracts

Construction Sector Accord and Callaghan Innovation partner to support construction businesses to accelerate growth and build innovation capacity. The Construction Sector Accord and Callaghan Innovation have agreed to partner to […]

Get to the truth of timber

SPONSORED POST “They say there are gaps in timber knowledge. We say we’ve cracked it.” That’s the message from Timber Unlimited, whose newly launched website has just made the use […]

Saving lives in construction – new Health15 initiative to lower workers’ risk of stroke 

A new health initiative with the potential to save lives in the construction industry has just launched. Health15 is a new one-of-a-kind programme that brings free blood pressure tests and […]

Commerce Commission Building Supplies Market Study Surveys

The Commerce Commission are completing a number of confidential surveys within their current building supplies market study. For more information on the Commerce Commission’s surveys or to take part, see […]

Opinion: COVID-19’s Impact on Construction Projects

In the last two years, the effects of COVID-19 have had a major impact on how parties allocate risk in construction contracts. James Riddoch and Jordan Ropati of law firm […]

Is this a green light for the construction industry?

CHASNZ, supported by a construction industry advisory group has revised the previous COVID-19 Alert Level system construction protocols in response to the Government’s recently announced COVID-19 Protection Framework – also […]