A shimmering glass tower has been revealed as the new look for Dunedin's proposed five-star hotel.

New Zealand's residential building consents took a tumble in November on a seasonally adjusted basis, largely due to earthquake disruption

A workplace dispute occurred after an employee received a text message about work from his boss on a Sunday.

Councils in the Bay of Plenty approved $1 billion of construction in a calendar year for the first time.

Small businesses are upbeat about the year ahead, with confidence at its highest level in almost two years.

Construction giant Fletcher Building is being picked to have a strong year ahead by analysts.

Quake-damaged buildings to be torn down and the materials reused.

The Auckland housing crisis has hit another snag with substandard construction materials being used.

China's growth is slowing, but its cities still battle over tall towers and speed records.

Professional director Susan Paterson will join the Steel & Tube Holdings board next month and succeed chairman John Anderson.

New Zealand business confidence rose a tad in December, led by an upbeat construction sector although tighter credit conditions continued to weigh.

Buoyant residential building activity has pushed up the average price for top structural logs this year rise to the highest in more than two decades.

New Zealand's residential building consents rose for the first month in four in October, boosted by two apartment projects in Wellington.

Annual economic growth is expected to accelerate to 3.7 per cent from 3.6 per cent.

The value of residential building work put in place rose at a slower pace in the third quarter of 2016, reflecting a more modest pace in Auckland and Canterbury.

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A new image of the $850 million Commercial Bay development shows what it will look like from midtown.

A new campaign aims to attract more people into the busy construction sector, writes Graham Skellern.

The Overseas Investment Office has approved the sale of 1,700 hectares of land to the consortium which is to build and maintain the Puhoi to Warkworth road.

Bunnings has more than doubled annual net profit in New Zealand for the second year in a row

A dearth of qualified scaffolding workers could be be a setback for the earthquake rebuild, an industry group says.

Last week's earthquake is likely to put considerable extra pressure on the nation's already stretched construction sector, says ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley.

Women are being branded an untapped resource in filling the national trades shortage, as a new company seeks to get women into the construction industry.

When the house was inspected, a significant gas leak was found in an upstairs pipe connected to the cooker.

Job advertisements rose 9.9pc in October, with the Waikato job market thriving.

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.