As Minister for Building and Construction, my job is to ensure New Zealand has an efficient building regulatory system that encourages innovation, while ensuring buildings are safe, healthy and durable. My priorities are to support the wider transformation of the construction industry and help enable KiwiBuild. There are four essential parts to the building system […]

It’s a familiar story and it goes like this: A few people haven’t paid you or you’ve had a couple of slow months. Your bank account is looking empty and you still need to pay staff and suppliers. Things are getting stressful; the heat is starting to rise and the business is feeling a little […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1st of March 2018 An Australasian supplier of the world’s best drywalling tools is today beginning the hunt for its first-ever brand ambassador. The chosen Intex ambassador will win almost $20,000 worth of tools and become a leading figure in the New Zealand drywalling industry. To apply, contestants only need to submit […]

Article courtesy of HERA. After six years of hard work, we’re proud to announce that AS/NZS 2327 has been published in collaboration with our Australian colleagues. Steel-concrete composite construction has proved popular over the last 30 years, and has largely accounted for the international dominance of steel frames in multi-storey buildings. Its success being the […]

By Michael Hempseed As the new year is now well under way, many companies will need to think about recruitment, either to replace staff who changed jobs during the summer, or to expand their current workforce. Often a poor recruitment process leads to serious workplace problems. We’ve all worked in a business or heard of […]

Visually stunning, 20 Customhouse Quay, the 14-storey office building on the Wellington waterfront, is perhaps, technologically, the most advanced structural solution for high-rise buildings in New Zealand. Designed to survive a one in 500 year earthquake with no structural damage, the building is estimated to meet 180 percent of the building code. It features base-isolating […]