Friction device may hold key to quake-proofing buildings
Wei Loo, from the Faculty of Technology and Built Environment, is in the next phase of his research on a friction device that would...
New leadership for Hawkins Infrastructure
Hawkins Construction Ltd chief executive Chris Hunter has announced the resignation of Fraser Wyllie, general manager of Hawkins Infrastructure. “Fraser was instrumental in...
Workplace Health and Safety Taskforce calls for urgent, broad-based change
The Government’s target of a 25% reduction in workplace fatalities and injuries by 2020 is realistic, but far from what the nation should aspire...
House of the Year Award a boost for company profile
Welch Builders & Construction Ltd received its first national award at the 2010 National Gala Dinner — the PlaceMakers Bathroom Excellence Award for a...
New phase emerging in NZ timber market
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,...
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...
Building capability – right across the industry
In the past few weeks the Registered Master Builders’ Federation has decided to increase the depth of its management capability across two key areas...
Complex projects demand accurate management info
The construction industry is experiencing strong growth across the globe.
The need to manage increasingly larger and more complex projects often undertaken by...
Portaloo company lifts hygiene standards after female tradie request
When Chelsea Roper made the switch to the construction industry three years ago, it wasn’t the fact that the industry is male dominated that...
Constructive 2022: Tackling the issues facing commercial and residential construction
This year’s Constructive Forum will be held in Rotorua, again over two days, and will tackle the issues facing residential and commercial construction.
Constructive is...