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Key flags China options for city
John Key is allowing companies - including from China - to fund and build some of Auckland's infrastructure.
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.
At least three people have lost more than $25,000 in a "highly sophisticated" scam targeting the building industry.
The Herald can reveal detailed plans for "Customs Residential" - a 50-storey building in the heart of the CBD.
COMMENT: Auckland feels like a boom town. Its shortage of houses, hotels, roads, schoolrooms and tradies dominates the conversations.
NZbuilding activity grew for a fifth quarter in the March period as Auckland dominated construction for both residential and commercial construction.
New Zealand firms grew more confident about the state of the local economy for the third month in a row, with gains most evident in construction.
New Zealand residential building consents climbed 6.6 percent in April as new housing intentions climbed at their fastest monthly pace in eight years.
One-off restructuring costs contributed materially to AWF Madison reporting a "disappointing" $5.2 million profit.
A builder must pay a worker $48,000 after he fell from a ladder and suffered serious brain injuries.
Dodgy imported products are being found on building sites across Auckland, including electrical wiring, toughened safety glass shower doors and roofing tiles.
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.
Auckland Council bought ASB Tower for $104 million after only carrying out a visual inspection.
The busiest two years of the 20-year Wynyard Quarter regeneration are now in full swing.
Massive housing growth in northwest Auckland is coming with an $800 million bill for new and improved water services.
Jobseeker beneficiaries in Canterbury have jumped by 18pc in the past year as the massive rebuild winds down.
A record 47 tower cranes are at work across Auckland's skyline, evidence of the city's booming construction market.
Gilda Kirkpatrick has called it a "giant white boob" but the Auckland dome is almost ready to house thousands of tonnes of cement.