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...
What the banks don’t tell you!
By Building Today columnist Mike Fox
I was fortunate enough to attend a presentation by world-renowned financial commentator John Kay in Auckland that was hosted...
Affordable housing stymied by red tape
By Matrix Homes managing director Sean Murrie
Matrix Homes, the Trentham-based company building quality affordable homes in the old General Motors factory, claims red tape...
Working with timber weatherboards
In Building Today June 2015, Mike Fox expressed concern at what he saw as a problem with “shrinking timber
weatherboards”, and at the failure of wood...
The National Construction Pipeline Report — a valuable industry tool
In July of this year, the Ministry of Business Innovation and Enterprise (MBIE) released a useful and enlightening report to do with understanding the...
Constructive 2018: Cutting to the chase
By RMBA chief executive David Kelly
Industry transformation is happening. After two Constructive Forums we are now seeing new approaches and technologies being applied right...
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...
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...
Report confirms construction laws are a mess!
The Loopy Rules Report confirms what the industry has known for years — laws around land development and construction are a mess!
The Government should...
Challenges ahead says Canadian energy efficiency expert
Canada 20 years ahead of New Zealand in terms of building energy efficient homes
New Zealand homes need improved levels of insulation and...