Construction cranes are not often objects of pictorial celebration but they should be.

COMMENT: If council issued infrastructure bonds and tied them to rates targeted to residents of developments it could kill a couple of birds with one stone.

Fulton Hogan managing director Nick Miller will leave after seven years in charge.

An Onehunga property owner has been fined $30,000 for building a garage without a resource consent.

The busiest two years of the 20-year Wynyard Quarter regeneration are now in full swing.

Fletcher Building's Distribution division is spending A$10 million to expand the footprint of its Australian bathroom and plumbing supplies business Tradelink by 60 branches.

A sneak peek inside the yet-to-be-built NZ International Convention Centre shows how people might use the various areas which will be offered when it is finished.

Gilda Kirkpatrick has called it a "giant white boob" but the Auckland dome is almost ready to house thousands of tonnes of cement.

Carter Holt Harvey has launched a final effort to toss out a claims it's liable for 890 leaky school buildings.

The NZTA has released footage of a drone flying over the construction of Waterview footbridge.

Urgent remedial work is underway in an Auckland housing project due to fears the houses are unsafe.

Stats NZ figures show 2379 new dwellings were consented last month, the highest for a February since 2004 and up 35 per cent on the same month a year ago.

Henri Eliot talks publishing a skills matrix that provides shareholders with the information needed to evaluate a board's skill set mix.

New Zealand needs more tradies - and women are being urged to take up the tools to help address a looming shortage.

There must be some irony in council chief executive Stephen Town floating the idea of an independent consensus group to help resolve divisions over housing density in Auckland.

The value of building consents last month rose to a record-breaking $66 million - but the mountain of construction work means many builders are booked out for the whole year.

Building consents in Auckland continued to lag behind the estimated level needed to match growth in housing demand.

Businesses connected to Stonewood Homes, which was placed in receivership this week, say they are unaffected.

Receivers says unsecured creditors are owed about $15 million and they hope to sell the business.

A construction sector subcontractor has expressed sympathy for Christchurch people who were now caught up in the receivership of the Stonewood businesses.

Stonewood Homes New Zealand, is in receivership, but home buyers have been told they've got a guarantee.

New Zealand's "simple" tax regime is attracting new recruits at Fletcher Building to move across the ditch for a better deal.

Fletcher Building is eyeing possible expansion of its distribution businesses, after the listed building supplies and construction company reported a 51 per cent surge in first-half profit.

Fletcher Building's first-half profit reflects changes in one-time items from the year-earlier period and a modest increase in revenue.

Director who ran trio of failed property companies owing more than $6 million is missing.

The Government says there are strong prospects for construction, infrastructure and the IT sector. But things look dim for actors, pilots and air traffic controllers.