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.

New Zealand's residential building consents rose for the first month in four in October, boosted by two apartment projects in Wellington.

Annual economic growth is expected to accelerate to 3.7 per cent from 3.6 per cent.

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.

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.

Last week's earthquake is likely to put considerable extra pressure on the nation's already stretched construction sector, says ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley.

Women are being branded an untapped resource in filling the national trades shortage, as a new company seeks to get women into the construction industry.

When the house was inspected, a significant gas leak was found in an upstairs pipe connected to the cooker.

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.

Fulton Hogan chairman Mike Holloway will leave the board for health reasons at the end of the year.

New Zealand construction company Fulton Hogan has teamed up with Netherlands-based Heijmas, it was announced today.

Hawkins boss says demand for construction jobs could not be met by training alone, and it was essential for skilled migrants to fill positions.