The Government has announced an investigation into the performance of buildings in Wellington.

Queenstown's building boom has pushed crane numbers up 600 per cent in the last few months.

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Share market investors are expected to be "gun-shy" and hold off from big trades until they believe the aftershocks are over.

The New Zealand sharemarket held up well today, but the worst could be yet to come as aftershocks threaten the country.

New Zealand shares rose, led by companies that stand to benefit from earthquake repairs such as Fletcher Building and Metro Performance Glass.

The earthquake will put pressure on the construction sector and could bring further interest rate cuts, says the ASB.

Populated with leering blokes, low-slung tool belts hanging from their dirty jeans, the caricature construction site is far from female

An engineer accused of bribery has said his entertainment of public officials extended well beyond the Auckland Transport and Rodney District Council staff.

New Zealand construction company Fulton Hogan has teamed up with Netherlands-based Heijmas, it was announced today.

Hawkins boss says demand for construction jobs could not be met by training alone, and it was essential for skilled migrants to fill positions.

The Chinese government will have to balance building quickly with the often-conflicting demands of transparency.

An engineer accused of bribing Auckland council staff with more than a million dollars in cash payments has taken the stand in his defence.

Building a house during Tauranga's boom is costing more and taking longer due to a shortage of tradesmen.

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Fletcher Construction's chief is upbeat about the "wave of work" in the infrastructure sector.

Finance Minister Bill English will this week unveil plans to spend an additional $15 billion on infrastructure by 2025.

A construction boss is promoting alliance contracting as a means for having certainty over costs and delivery.

Hawkins Infrastructure boss Rory Bishop says construction is adopting technology at an ever-increasing pace.

Auckland is bracing itself for an additional 700,000 people in the next 30 years.

AWF Madison Group, the country's largest contract labour company, has bought IT recruitment group Absolute IT for $15.3 million. Absolute

New PwC report out on construction sector today calls for more Government help.

Fletcher Building has lifted the amount it plans to spend on land for housing.

An asbetos guide has been released in a bid to help halve asbestos-related deaths by 2040.

The value of building projects in the Bay of Plenty is expected to reach $1 billion this year.

The collapse of property developments in Auckland mirrors the run-up of the 2007 global financial crisis, a finance expert says.

Building costs 'skyrocketed' an eye-watering 20 per cent at the now-axed Avondale apartment project.

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Businesses were more optimistic about the state of the economy and their own activity in September.