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.

Precinct Properties chief executive Scott Pritchard discusses what will affect business in 2017.

A former president of the Registered Master Builders has been kicked out of the organisation for breaches of its code of conduct.

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.

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.

What happens to the Australian economy when the construction sector dries up?

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.

New Zealand's construction boom is expected to be the single biggest driver of employment growth over the next three years.

Wellington City Council says they will not be held to an earlier plan to recheck buildings after a magnitude 5 or above tremor.

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.

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.

Apprenticeships set youths on an exciting, well-paid life path

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.

New Zealand shares rose, led by companies that stand to benefit from earthquake repairs such as Fletcher Building and Metro Performance Glass.

The earthquake will put pressure on the construction sector and could bring further interest rate cuts, says the ASB.

Populated with leering blokes, low-slung tool belts hanging from their dirty jeans, the caricature construction site is far from female

An engineer accused of bribery has said his entertainment of public officials extended well beyond the Auckland Transport and Rodney District Council staff.

This interchange defies more than a few well-established principles of driving. Shelley Bridgeman has devised a series of manoeuvres to help you through.