KiwiBuild has today issued an Invitation To Participate (ITP) to offsite manufacturers of housing solutions to support the delivery of 100,000 new affordable homes over the next ten years.

Christchurch’s new state-of-the-art central city library incorporates innovative University of Canterbury (UC) engineering solutions designed to help it endure a large earthquake with minimal damage.

Innovative, tall timber framing has risen on the University of Canterbury’s Ilam campus, as a new building, honouring alumna ‘Queen of the Cosmos’ Beatrice Tinsley, advances multi-storey timber-framed construction in New Zealand.

Engineers say most of the earthquake-prone buildings in small towns could be fixed relatively simply and inexpensively, without involving them directly at all reports This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for RadioNZ.

An independent infrastructure agency the government hopes to have operating late next year may help take the politics out of development decisions, Infrastructure Minister Shane Jones says

Owning an affordable starter home is a step closer for eligible New Zealanders with the launch of KiwiBuild’s new online pre-qualification portal today.

New Zealand's building product standards need an overhaul, industry participants say.

A multi-million dollar funded class action by building owners against Carter Holt Harvey has been filed at the Auckland High Court today (Monday 6 th August) by Adina Thorn Lawyers.

Cabinet will consider whether government ministries should take a longer-term approach to construction negotiations after Ebert Construction was tipped into receivership, sparking wider concerns about cost pressures in the construction industry.

The changes in the building industry that improved life for sub contractors after construction company collapses may have helped sink those same companies, according to a building industry expert reports Alexia Russell for Newsroom.