May 2011 Issue

Residential building consents for March 2011 were up marginally at 2.2% but down 28% since April 2010 to the lowest level since the series began […]

The awards are sponsored by CCANZ and are open to anyone in the New Zealand construction industry, from architects, designers and engineers to contractors and […]

Mr Cawley believes now is a great opportunity for Christchurch to become the world’s best lit city. “If we co-ordinate the city’s rebuild with its […]

A 60m by 30m portable ice rink holding 250,000 litres of water is to be specially imported from Amsterdam for the events. Promoter Craig Douglas […]

“As an industry we’ve had a long and proud history contributing to the building of New Zealand and our economy. We now employ over 26,000 […]

To be eligible to enter, candidates must be working in health and safety, or be a company representative. The Gold Award winner will receive $3000 […]

In Christchurch the demand for site licences is high. The EQC is asking for practitioners to be licensed before being employed by Programme Management offices […]

However, there is nothing temporary about the houses themselves. Typical of those the company already builds as farm cottages, they will be fully lined and […]

September 29, 2004, but practical completion did not occur until April 4, 2005. In the latter part of 2004, as a result of a late […]

It provides the research hub for our MPs and their staff, with its thousands of books, vast stacks of newspapers and more documents relevant to […]

Last month we touched on the implications of not having enough skilled workers in place. This month we take a look at what is driving […]

Consumers are demanding an immediate sign of assurance that a design is backed by rigorous standards and processes, with potential home builders closely scrutinising the […]

“The challenges in the building industry are exciting,” says winner of the 2010 Registered Master Builders Apprentice of the Year, in association with Carters, Isaac […]

Clive Barrington Construction Ltd first picked up an award in 1995, and in 2003 was given four awards, including the House of the Year Supreme […]

Platinum Awards, presented for the first time in 2010, are given to those companies that have achieved five or more national titles over the years […]

When you can drive along one side of a sealed road and see that the other side has dropped by at least one metre, you […]

Extrapolate that over the rest of the year and, well, you get a very sorry picture — a far cry from the 20,000 to 25,000 […]