A recent global survey has put into question whether small to medium-sized businesses are actually adopting artificial intelligence within their operations. The Peninsula Group Survey revealed that while some businesses in Australia and New Zealand are starting to use it, half haven’t incorporated AI into their operations yet. Conducted in August 2024 across five countries […]

Stockpiled waste concrete is to be tested after asbestos was discovered in dumped concrete at Broadlands Road Landfill, the Taupō District Council reported in August. The Council, as part of its solid waste operations, provides for the dumping of concrete debris at the landfill site and then recycles it, selling this material as crushed concrete. […]

Health New Zealand plans to build smaller hospitals and reuse existing infrastructure as per the Nationwide Service and Campus Planning report. Building new hospitals and improving upon old ones is expected to cost almost $47 billion over the next ten years. A briefing to Health Minister Shane Reti, released to the media under the Official […]

A new survey has shown the extent of decreased construction demand, reporting that one in five builders are working at less than 50 per cent of their potential capacity, with the industry expecting work to dry up further in 2025. 70 per cent of local businesses surveyed in the 2024 EBOSS Builder Sentiment Report believed […]

All building work nationwide must comply with the Building Code, even if it doesn’t require a building consent. Building Consent Authorities (BCAs) must grant a building consent if satisfied on reasonable grounds that Code provisions will be met if work is done per the plans accompanying the consent application. But what does ‘satisfied on reasonable […]

Ensuring the load height of your truck is properly measured can be a fatal matter. One case from July 2021 saw a truck deflecting into the path of an oncoming vehicle, tragically causing the driver’s death. Despite being an experienced truck driver, the incident still occurred. The judge noted that truck drivers do not have […]