The awards and accolades keep coming for Christchurch’s central library, Tūranga. The five-storey building, which sits on the edge of Cathedral Square, has become one of the few public buildings in New Zealand to be awarded a 5 Green Star (custom design certified rating) from the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC).
Category Archives: NZ Construction News
Construction sites fly flags for suicide prevention
Over 200 construction sites around the country were flying flags during the week starting 7 September to mark World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September).
Auckland construction projects take advantage of less traffic under Alert Level 3
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency motorway construction projects moved to take advantage of reduced traffic volumes on Auckland’s motorways during the recent lockdown under Alert Level 3 after Covid-19 returned within the community.
On its way! CRL tunnel boring machine passes big factory tests
New Zealand’s largest transport infrastructure project is celebrating a significant milestone – Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) has formally accepted ownership of its big tunnel boring machine (TBM) after extensive factory tests in China.
Why construction teams should embrace rather than fear AI and automation – By Yaz Shqara
When the topic of robots in the workforce is brought up, it’s easy to feel a little uncomfortable. After all, we commonly hear comments like ‘one day when robots are doing our jobs’ or ‘a machine can do that, quicker and cheaper’. However, the truth is far less scary than these conversations and sensationalism.
Strengthening the Quay Street seawall for another 100 years
Running the length of Quay Street is an historic seawall that has retained and protected land reclaimed over 100 years ago to form Downtown Auckland.
New direction for NZ’s resource management system
The most comprehensive review of New Zealand’s resource management system, since the Resource Management Act (RMA) was passed in 1991, has been released, with major recommendations that will affect how we plan and build our infrastructure.
Post-COVID – ghost cities or mixed-use urban communities? By Lisa Hinton
Six forces are converging in a post-Covid New Zealand that will fundamentally transform our urban centres. Left unchecked, the results of this convergence could be ghost CBDs characterised by untenanted buildings and distressed landlords, and a population still afflicted by the housing affordability crisis hampering our younger generations.
Get bid ready to be shovel ready – By Ben Paul
The press is awash with stories around when the 150 projects that are ‘shovel ready’ and worth an estimated $2.6 billion will be released to market. These projects, and the certainty of pipeline they bring, are undoubtedly vital for the construction industry.
Building better through Beacon Projects
Watercare’s carbon-reduction initiative has been endorsed as the Construction Sector Accord’s first ‘Beacon Project’ – a project that demonstrates leadership to the rest of the sector by taking a transformative approach to construction.
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