Residential construction booming
Statistics New Zealand’s Value of Building work report for the September quarter shows the residential construction sector won’t be cooling…
Industry Updates
Female workers an untapped resource
BCITO identifies education as key to overcoming challenges on both sides of the fence While the proportion of women working…
Builders’ confidence high
Activity expectations within the construction sector reached a two-year peak in the latest ANZ Business Outlook survey The survey shows…
Construction reaches new heights
Increase in crane numbers a visual indicator of building activity The latest edition of the Rider Levett Bucknall Crane Index…
MBIE to investigate Wellington’s Statistics House
Following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that devastated Kaikoura and affected a number of buildings in Wellington’s CBD, MBIE has released…
Injury claims on the rise?
Statistics New Zealand provisional data shows that the total number of work-related injury claims increased by 1.5% in 2015 compared…
Reducing the risk of earthquake damage
In the light of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated Kaikoura on 14 November and the associated aftershocks, which have…
Construction industry squeezed by growth
Despite strong growth in employee numbers over the past few years, the construction industry still faces a significant labour shortage,…
Consents hit September slowdown
Seasonally adjusted, new dwelling consents rose just 0.2% compared to 1.5% in August Statistics New Zealand data shows that a…
Construction activity boosts economy
Recent economic data shows that the construction industry is continuing to play an important role in driving New Zealand’s economic…
IRD continues ‘cashie’ crackdown
Nearly four in five Auckland tradies don’t think it’s OK to do jobs under the table – even in their…
Consents cool in August
Seasonally adjusted, the number of new dwellings consented dipped slightly in August Statistics New Zealand’s latest data shows that new…
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