Infrastructure champions recognised at civil construction awards New Zealand’s most exceptional infrastructure projects were celebrated at the CCNZ Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards, held during the Civil Contractors Conference in Tauranga. The awards showcased the country’s most challenging and innovative achievements across six categories, from small works to multi-million-dollar projects. Civil Contractors New Zealand chief executiveContinue reading “Te Ahu A Turanga – Manawatu Tararua Highway”
Category Archives: NZ Construction News
Call for urgent rethink on fall protection
Builders on top of Workdek safety decking set up on a building site. A prominent voice in New Zealand’s construction industry has issued a strong warning to government and sector leaders, suggesting that proposed regulatory reviews are focusing on the wrong priorities and ignoring the obvious risks to workers that could easily be addressed. Auckland builderContinue reading “Call for urgent rethink on fall protection”
Roofing shake-up
Guardian Steel challenges roofing market dominance The Government’s release of the new Building Product Specifications (BPS) document, which aims to open the market to thousands of additional building products and reduce construction costs, has been welcomed across the building sector, and one operator has already taken direct steps to tackle entrenched competition issues in theContinue reading “Roofing shake-up”
Confidence up?
Survey hints crane hire a sign of constructing uplift New developments and restarting paused projects are driving positive momentum in the construction sector according to a survey by crane operator NZ Crane Hire. The survey asked 105 customers, including leading construction companies, about their outlook for the rest of 2025 and into the first halfContinue reading “Confidence up?”
PVC materials… Closing the loop and preventing environmental harm
Every home built in New Zealand typically generates around four tonnes of construction waste. In Auckland alone, at least 30% of all waste going to landfill is construction and demolition waste. That’s a significant figure and one that’s increasingly a focus for councils, industry bodies, and businesses themselves, in a push for smarter, more sustainableContinue reading “PVC materials… Closing the loop and preventing environmental harm”
Unitec alumnus shapes Auckland’s future – from odd jobs to $6m developments
When Luke Bailey left Avondale College in 2015, he didn’t have a career plan. He had a string of odd jobs – from painting to delivery driving – before a YouTube video on urban design sparked a passion for improving cities. Bailey found Unitec’s Bachelor of Construction (Property Development) programme when he was researching online,Continue reading “Unitec alumnus shapes Auckland’s future – from odd jobs to $6m developments”
Mastering evacuation drills on construction sites
Running an evacuation drill on a construction site demands precision, realism, and learning. Andrew Taylor, head of product at Theta for EVA Check-in, says there are four key principles to getting it right: plan, prepare, execute, and account. These, he says, must guide how sites approach evacuation as a critical safety measure. Taylor says theContinue reading “Mastering evacuation drills on construction sites”
Lifeguard site power range expands in NZ
When it comes to safe, reliable site power, there is no one-size-fits-all. With that in mind, Jackson Industries now offers the Lifeguard 31, 35, and the new 35 meter board – described as three rugged, adaptable solutions designed for a wide range of projects. “Each unit can be permanently wall-mounted for long-term installations or fittedContinue reading “Lifeguard site power range expands in NZ”
Adaptable Anyplace…
Kiwi innovation delivers ‘world-first in construction’ A small New Zealand company is saying that it is shaking up the global construction industry, becoming what the company describes as the first in the world to deliver a “fully proven” design for industrialisation building system — “leaving even the world’s biggest players” in its wake. Adaptable Structures hasContinue reading “Adaptable Anyplace…”
Firestop Centre evolves beyond distribution
Firestop Centre has built what the company describes as a strong reputation as a specialist distributor of passive fire protection solutions. Leveraging this foundation, Firestop Centre set its sights even higher and aimed to evolve beyond distribution to play a more strategic role in the passive fire protection industry. “We launched our own line ofContinue reading “Firestop Centre evolves beyond distribution”
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