Larsen: Any number of obstacles could trip up forestry industry transformation process
Northpine Ltd general manager Bruce Larsen wonders if the draft Forestry and Wood Processing Industry Transformation Plan will see forestry, timber manufacturing and the...
Just do your job!
Influential U senior faculty member John Baigent explains the need and benefit of having the right mix of ‘Transactional Personalities’ in your team to...
2022 — bring it on
RMBA president Kerry Archer says it’s going to be tough going for the building industry this year. He asks if you’re going to be...
Where has all the timber gone?
Northpine general manager Bruce Larsen says structural timber remains in short supply nationwide. And that no matter how fast and how hard timber manufacturers...
New building consent exemptions from August 2020 — what do they really mean?
Building Today columnist and EasyBuild director Mike Fox says overall, the changes allowing more building projects to be completed without a building consent are...
New Zealand’s affordable housing crisis — why is it near impossible to produce low-cost...
Building Today columnist and EasyBuild director Mike Fox says there is a massive disconnect between supply and demand for affordable housing. So why, he...
Looking ahead to a post Covid-19 industry
Building Today columnist and EasyBuild director Mike Fox says the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis will be similar to the other global crises he’s...
Protect businesses, jobs and skills by investing in the vertical construction industry
The chief executive of one of New Zealand’s leading commercial construction companies is asking the Government to consider underwriting the vertical construction industry as...
Bigger isn’t always better!
By Generation Homes chief executive Kelvin Atkinson
Baby boomers sang along with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, made space in their living rooms for...
Developer: Clear the red tape and you’ll get 100,000 houses!
By Developer Peter Cooney, Classic Developments
There is no shortage of financiers wanting to invest in New Zealand housing developments. There is no shortage of...