$50 million-plus housing project in Auckland has been identified by a property investor as the site of shoddy building.

Council's bloopers tape shows why asking Aucklanders to trust builders and developers is a step too far, says Brian Rudman.

Auckland Council is refusing to divulge details about a shoddy housing development that the Master Builders Association says deliberately flouts the law.

Up to a third of all building inspections in Auckland fail.

In Lego-style but on a giant scale, 10 housing components are almost finished at the city's only high-rise house factory.

Building and Housing Minister Nick Smith has welcomed data showing building consents in Auckland are at an eight-year high.

Residential building consents fell 4.9pc in August as the Canterbury rebuild shifts its focus toward commercial work.

Concern about shoddy building work in Auckland has prompted the appointment of a full-time council investigator to lay complaints with professional licensing bodies.

Dairy giant plans to move into new 1.6ha international headquarters early next year.

Allegro Funds is optimistic its latest New Zealand investment, Carpet Court, is a candidate for potential listing.

Aucklanders are about to endure a "five-year nightmare" as work starts on a raft of major jobs, including the New Zealand International Convention Centre.

The liquidators of an Auckland building company that collapsed owing more than $4 million believe its director is somewhere in Europe.

Summerset Group has been granted resource consent for a $100 million village in the Christchurch suburb of Casebrook.

More Fonterra job cuts have raised questions about whether the dairy giant will need all the space it has leased in new upmarket Auckland headquarters.

A man-made waterfall with a 4.5m drop is to feature in a white water sports centre in Auckland.

Auckland University today released an image of its planned $281.9 million engineering faculty building.

Auckland University's $2 billion two-decade upgrade is halfway as it narrows its focus from five to three campus sites and upgrades, demolishes or extends a swag of buildings.

If Auckland has an architectural boy wonder, it's Nat Cheshire, who is the delineator behind two rural cabins that won the 2014 Home of the Year.

"Over time" and "over budget" are two phrases well known in construction, so a couple of industry veterans have created a solution they believe has global potential.

Fletcher boss Mark Adamson says the company is dealing with legacy issues - and this is the 'dark before the dawn.'

Fletcher Building's June 2015 annual result out today showed revenue climbed 3 per cent but net earnings fell 20 per cent.

Profit fell to $270 million in the year ended June 30, from $339 million a year earlier, the company said.

Auckland could take another 86,400 dwellings in the next eight years without any risk of over-building.

Dual-listed giant Fletcher Building is tipped to push up annual operating earnings 4 per cent to $652 million when it declares its full-year result tomorrow.

A leaky building lawsuit against cladding manufacturer James Hardie is looking more likely to expand into a class action.

The cladding manufacturer is facing a leaky building lawsuit that could balloon into class action.

People working in the construction industry continue to enjoy the benefits of the building boom in Christchurch and Auckland.