Building a future free from melanoma
Carters Building Supplies and Melanoma New Zealand have announced a newly-formed partnership which aims to help deliver life saving tools about sun safety, and...
Hey Google, name the most beautiful, innovative, iconic building
Scion’s Rotorua headquarters has gone head-to-head with the Silicon Valley campus of top tech company Google — and come out on top.
But there are...
New initiative will celebrate up and coming female leaders in construction
Bunnings Trade, together with the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), has launched the Bunnings Trade Future Leader Awards for Women in Trades, aimed...
RMBA and Builders Academy announce joint venture
Registered Master Builders New Zealand and Builders Academy New Zealand (Builders Academy) have announce a newly-formed joint venture aimed at lifting the quality and...
How to bake a successful business
Andy Burrows — The Trades Coach — sees many parallels between running a successful construction business and baking a cake. He explains . ....
BUILDhers inspiring inclusion across the industry
In Whenuapai, north-west Auckland, the first BUILDhers project — a four-bedroom, two and a half-bathroom home, planned, designed, engineered, and built by a team...
‘Iconic’ design proposed for downtown stadium
The design of a proposed stadium in downtown Auckland has been released by a global team who say Auckland is in need of better stadium...
No OCR change — for now
The decision by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) to leave the official cash rate (OCR) unchanged at 5.5% may have been a...
Construction cost growth continuing to cool
The average cost of building a home in New Zealand’s main centres has increased by 0.3% this quarter, and 5.2% since February 2023.
This is...
More Pasifika tradies called for
The Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) is calling for more Pasifika learners to start their apprenticeships.
Despite reasonably high numbers of Pasifika labourers...