Two publicly-owned companies spearheading the city's rebuild have average salary rates in excess of $120,000.

COMMENT: The practical impacts of this new legislation will be significant and will ripple across the entire supply chain.

The prefabrication construction sector can handle Government demands for modular Auckland residences, says its boss.

Fletcher Building has gained Commerce Commission clearance to acquire rival construction company Higgins Group.

COMMENT: Renovating kitchens, bathrooms best but don't spend too much.

An office administrator bullied, abused and sexually harassed by her boss has been awarded $18,000 in compensation.

Our biggest building company is off to London as it searches for new staff to help keep up with a massive boom in construction work.

A tightening labour market and a slight lift in pricing intentions are among the early signs that inflation may finally be starting to edge up.

New Zealand firms turned optimistic about the state of the economy in the June quarter.

The value of all residential buildings based on those consents is $11.4 billion.

The half-hectare $60 million Red Stag Timber "mega-mill" is almost as big as a rugby field and the materials and construction techniques used were unusual.

Half the floor of one of New Zealand's biggest new supermarkets at a $40 million Tauranga scheme has been torn up and re-laid, the store's owner says.

Some of the planned projects were badly located, too expensive or not what the market wanted.

Compact, liveable cities can be the most efficient places for people to live, writes Helen Twose.

COMMENT: The Government's actions have been begrudging, delayed and lacking conviction.

Local government's infrastructure-building monopoly could be removed and Chinese contractors could take the lead.

A top Auckland Council official has questioned whether a new Auckland urban development authority is needed.

New homes and sections created under the Auckland Housing Accord have dropped below target as the building industry struggles to find extra labour.

John Key is allowing companies - including from China - to fund and build some of Auckland's infrastructure.

Prime Minister John Key has floated the idea of a powerful new agency to oversee major building projects.

New Zealand's economy has grown at a faster pace than expected in the first quarter of 2016.

A builder who wrote a funny and directly worded job advertisement seeking a reliable employee has found his man.

Deficiencies have been discovered in some Chinese steel imported for the new $458 million Huntly bypass, says a contracting chief.

Kiwirail is accused of breaching a collective agreement with the Rail and Maritime Union.

The owners of apartments in a multi-storey leaky block have launched a $60 million claim against the council and other bodies.

A quarter of the Waterview Connection twin tunnels are fitted with lights and a system to drop sheets of water to extinguish fires almost immediately.

A dispute between a Tauranga builder and the Ministry of Education over school weathertightness issues tipped the builder into liquidation, an official report says.

A Whangarei steel company is thrilled at winning a Convention Centre steel contract, which has already started providing new jobs for Northlanders, with more on the way.