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.

Shelley Bridgeman shares five traps for unwary pool owners.

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.

Bill English is poised to announce an initiative to align the Australian and New Zealand infrastructure markets.

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.

WATCH: Here's how an ugly duckling carpark transformed into a luxury hotel.

Official documents have revealed for the first time what contributed to the convention centre deal between the Government and Plenary Conventions NZ.

Residential building consents fell for a second month, according to new figures from Statistics New Zealand.

Auckland land earmarked for a school will be turned into a 51-home development by February - with the homes built so they can be carted off when a school is needed.

Auckland's new $36 million ASB Waterfront Theatre was declared open this morning.

After more than a decade of planning, the new $36 million ASB Waterfront Theatre is officially opened on Thursday.

Big building companies are tapping into social media to try to tempt young unemployed Aucklanders into construction trades. Fletcher

Building the $35 million ASB Waterfront Theatre has been the biggest challenge yet for Auckland's 'Mr Theatre' Alun Larsen.

Fulton Hogan announces 11.3% lift in NPAT for June 30, 2016 year.

Deposit-payers might be asked for 15 per cent more.

Has Fletcher Building boss Mark Adamson succeeded in turning around the sharemarket giant?

New Zealand's largest listed retirement village operator has had its application to build a huge new village in the Auckland suburb

COMMENT: It is time to rethink how we build and maintain the infrastructure networks on which Kiwis rely.