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K Rd's happy catastrophes
Sometimes, good fortune arrives disguised as disaster. That's what happened on Karangahape Rd in central Auckland.
Oz housing construction approvals dip
Australian housing construction approvals have dipped in the past couple of months, but are still at 19-year highs.
Building consents rebound
Building consents for residential housing rose to a six-and-a-half year high in March, snapping two months of decline.
City's new ship-shape look
Shipping containers are being put to new uses in Auckland, as builders make inroads on two prominent city sites.
Beachfront project labelled a let-down
A big new Takapuna beachfront development started a few weeks ago has left an Auckland councillor unimpressed
Editorial: Civic Building prime target for demolition
Editorial: Inevitably, there will be opposition to the demolition of Auckland's Civic Building. Some see the Aotea Square structure as one of the country's finest modernist buildings.
Mega-mole Alice makes serious inroads on ring route
Alice the tunnel-boring machine sometimes seems to work at its own pace.
'Shoebox' apartment ban should go
A real estate agency boss has backed a call this week by finance minister Bill English to relax rules designed to stamp out so-called "shoebox apartments".
Lloyd's underwrites NZ warranty
One of the world's biggest and oldest insurers is underwriting a new building warranty insurance scheme being launched in New Zealand.
Construction boom revs up
The country's busiest house builder expects to put up a third more homes this year and could build more than 1000.
Rise of cranes seen as good sign for NZ economy
New Zealand's crane population is booming with 71 up, compared to just 10 two years ago.
Australian home building sector still strengthening
The Australian home building sector is still going quite strong despite an across-the-board fall in building approvals figures for February, economists say.
Residents upset over consent for apartments
A Parnell group is upset about approval for a big new apartment building, saying office workers' cars already clog their street.
House builders chafing at Auckland red tape
Franchisees at the country's biggest house builder remain dissatisfied with Auckland Council, despite claims of more speed and efficiency.
Leaky-home owners' claims upheld
A couple who paid $913,000 for a leaky Meadowbank house fought for four years to get it reclad after an earlier repair continued to let water into the home.
Building consents fall 1.7 per cent
New Zealand building consents for residential housing fell 1.7 percent in February, the second straight monthly decline.
Factory build new homes - report
Around $47,000 could be shaved off the cost of each new place built in factories under Labour's planned KiwiBuild 100,000-house scheme, an opposition spokesman says.
$1.85m deal for Carter's timber cartel
Carter Holt Harvey has agreed with the Commerce Commission that it should pay a $1.85m penalty for its part in a timber price fixing cartel with a division of Fletcher Building.
Campbell: Government must play its part
Many businesses think the raising of the official cash rate by the Reserve Bank was precipitate.
Carpark for former Star site
The long-vacant ex-Auckland Star site between Fort St and Shortland St could soon get a carpark.
Housing on golf course to tee off
Fletcher Residential has approval to create 479 housing lots or sections in seven stages on the Manukau Golf Course.
Fletcher calling in overseas grunt
NZ's largest construction company will bring some of the world's biggest builders here for the $4 billion-plus new public private partnership contracts it wants to win.
Boring Alice meets Uplifting Dennis
The construction of the motorway interchange at the northern end of Auckland's new Waterview connection has moved a step closer to completion.
Building work slows as commercial activity drops
Building activity slowed in the final three months of 2013 as non-residential work dropped for a second quarter.
Fletcher earnings to soar: analysts
A house construction rebound here and in Australia, the earthquake rebuild and cost-cutting will boost operating earnings Fletcher Building's interim result.
Jobs, better wages tipped by NZIER
The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research expects the economy to grow 3 per cent this year.
Builders likely to benefit
A leading recruitment boss has identified construction workers as most likely to receive a pay rise from their boss this year.