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Five emerging trends as construction begins contracting towards carbon neutrality

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As we press towards carbon neutrality, currently targeted for 2050, there are five trends emerging in engineering, procurement and construction contracts in New Zealand...

Good communication essential in busy times

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During the construction boom, good communication is the key to delivering a successful project, registered architect and Te Kahui Whaihanga president Judi Keith-Brown writes.In...

Work Based Learning chief executive appointed

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BCITO chief executive Toby Beaglehole has been appointed chief executive of Te Pukenga Work Based Learning Ltd (WBL), a subsidiary of Te Pukenga. BCITO chair...
Building Recruitment managing director Kevin Everett.

Here is what new employer accreditation looks like . . .

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Immigration NZ (INZ) launched its new employer accreditation on May 23, which now means no employer can employ anyone from overseas unless they are...
Building Recruitment managing director Kevin Everett.

New employer accreditation: A frustrating, time-consuming process

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Building Recruitment director and Building Today columnist Kevin Everett’s Building Today May article was based around the new accreditation process for employing migrant workers....

Sloan: Greater design oversight needed to deal with developer ‘gold rush’

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An international architect and urban planning specialist is calling for the reinstatement of a century-old government agency to provide strategic design oversight as New...

Building booms — transitioning to a normal market while keeping your shirt on

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EasyBuild director and Building Today columnist Mike Fox outlines some practical and effective steps that may help building companies avoid financial ruin, and enable...

All of industry needs to be ready for H1 Building Code changes

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EasyBuild director Mike Fox reckons the Government and officials appear in denial of the costs and delays that will be caused by rushed H1...

New phase emerging in NZ timber market

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Northpine general manager Bruce Larsen predicts that the timber market will be much more in balance by the end of the 2022-23 financial year,...

Industry needs to face facts to get through 2022

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Roofing Association of NZ (RANZ) chief executive Graham Moor says we need acknowledgement across the board that there is so much going on currently...