BUILDING SITES 4TH DEADLIEST WORKPLACES
New figures indicate construction sites have become our fourth deadliest workplaces – a trend ACC describes as ‘the hidden cost…
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BUILDING REFORM SUBMISSIONS END SOON
MBIE is inviting written submissions on a 127-page discussion document covering proposed changes to the Building Act – with the…
CONSTRUCTION CARTEL IN COMCOM VIDEO
New powers given to the Commerce Commission will aid whistleblowers and increase potential punishment for price-fixing cartels in industries including…
Consent numbers dip in February
The latest consenting figures show February did not bring the usual post-holiday rebound, but February’s numbers follow very high numbers…
Highest yearly consents since 1974
The 3,205 new dwelling consents issued in January 2021 have contributed to the highest 12-month period since 1974. In addition,…
Offsite insight – the future of building?
With a shortage of homes and the skilled labour to build them, finding construction methods that speed up the build…
Labour exploitation sits behind fines
RMA and Building Act fines in excess of $100,000 are the end result of Auckland City Council’s prosecution of a…
Travel restricted into and out of Auckland
MBIE has released information on the latest lockdown, including links to what building activities are permitted and to the forms…
NZS 3604:2011 TO BE UPDATED
It has been more than a decade since NZS 3604 was last revised. The building industry changes rapidly, and a…
BENEFITS OF THE BUILDING BOOM
2020 brought a lot of unexpected things. One was a recession that didn’t behave like previous recessions, which was particularly…
STATE HOUSING GETS IN-HOUSE BCA
Kāinga Ora, the government agency that builds and maintains state houses, has set up its own building consent authority, called…
NORTH ISLAND CONSENTS AT ALL-TIME HIGH
New home consents in the North Island reach 29,310 in November – the highest number recorded since the regional serious…