Fulton Hogan lifts first-half pre-tax profit 13 per cent, fattens order book.

COMMENT: Investor returns are mixed at best in volatile industry, writes Mark Lister.

"I've become a member of that group I used to despise," says Shane Brealey

COMMENT: Amazon's robots so far seem to have been overwhelmingly positive.

New Zealand's labour productivity fell 0.7 per cent in the year to March 2016.

New job advertisements rose more than 17 per cent in February.

China is proving a counter-balance to Donald Trump's protectionist sentiments.

Fletcher Building shares tumbled 12 per cent after the company cut its full-year earnings guidance.

The BusinessNZ-BNZ performance of services index fell 0.7 points to 58.8 in February.

Longevity and more patients set to keep doctors among best-paid professions.

Pukekohe market gardeners, the Bhana family, live in a rural zone but across the road houses are sprouting up on a paddock they were cropping potatoes two years ago.

Auckland is preparing for a new housing boom on the rural fringes of the city.

Construction workers are abusing people who complain about late-night or early-morning noise, say locals.

Families were woken by the racket of a noisy concrete pour at 5.30am as Auckland's frenzied building boom reaches fever pitch.

Recruitment expert says expected growth in the construction sector means the industry needs many more people to train.

The product means no plastic needs to go to landfills, or end up in the ocean.

Analyst estimates one-off loss on large building project cost company $30 million.

Disappointment has been expressed about Fletcher Building's half-year result, largely due to the performance of its construction division.

The latest construction made using 3D printing technology takes things to a whole new level.

Civil construction firm Fulton Hogan and engineer Aurecon have won $40.7 million of work to replace three one-way bridges in Northland.

Blair Cole even displayed the Licensed Building Practitioner logo on his business card, despite not being licensed.

Engineering firm Tonkin and Taylor is launching a recruitment drive in the UK due to the shortage of engineers in Australasia.

HEB Construction, which was bought by France's Vinci Group in 2015 for 43 million euros, sank into the red last year after it wrote

A New Zealand man has died while working on the massive stadium build in Qatar for football's 2022 World Cup.

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.