Construction

A new Government report shows construction activity during the next six years is expected to top two-hundred billion dollars. Audio

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

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

Construction activity has risen, led by the South Island. Audio

Gavin McLean is a senior historian for the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. He discusses our structural relationship with cement and concrete. Audio

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 is confident it can manage through tough trading conditions in Australia to meet its full year profit forecast. Audio

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

Competition with the booming Auckland housing market, is likely to constrain progress in the Canterbury rebuild, this year. Audio

The number of consents for new houses and apartments has hit its highest level since 2007. Audio

Two construction companies have been convicted of irreparably damaging an early Maori moa-hunter site while fixing a quake-damaged Christchurch house. Audio

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

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

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

The Government is predicting construction to boom to unprecedented levels by 2017. Audio

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

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

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