Tag: construction

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 […]

Hunt on to find and fund large-scale mass timber buildings

Design funding is now available for qualifying yet-to-be-built wooden buildings as part of a partnership between the Ministry of Primary Industries and Red Stag. Funding of several hundred thousand dollars […]

Fletcher Building report highlights key costs of residential development

Residential land is the largest cost contributor to new housing development and the cost is highly variable between New Zealand and Australian cities, a new report by Deloitte Access Economics […]

MBIE announces revision of engineering assessment guidelines

On 1 July 2017, the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Act came into force. The EPB methodology is the part of the system that specifies how potentially earthquake-prone buildings are to […]