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Like a 'doll house assembly plant': The Auckland factory creating prefab homes
Once complete, the homes are shipped and dropped in place.

Skyscraper wars: New 187m Auckland tower claims record
Seascape developer claims tallest NZ record

New four-level, $30m block for King's School
Students moved into the new four-level block last month.

No undocumented workers on $200m ex-Fonterra HQ job: boss
There are about 130 workers contributing to the project, set for completion in 2019.

Metlifecare profit slumps 66 per cent
The retirement giant made $56.5 million in half-year profit.

Foundations laid for NZ's tallest tower block
The project is scheduled for completion in 2020.

Fletcher posts $322m loss
This result was a big turnaround on its previous $301 million profit.

Fletcher Building investors worried: will shareholders pay?
Fletcher Building might seek money from investors.

Watch: Nine-level units by Takapuna home to create 's***hole'
Takapuna homeowner complains of nine-level apartment block.

'Like prison cells': Nimbys lay into Housing NZ's emergency homes for poor
Housing NZ has called on those criticising the project to suspend judgment.

$2b town centre, 2500 residences planned for Drury
New $2b-plus town centre is planned on southern inner reaches of Manukau Harbour.

Watch: Firth builds new $30m masonry block plant
Firth opens new $30m masonry block plant.

Work starts on new $116m Grafton building
Construction work started today on a $116m Auckland University building.

Fletcher to address NZSA's performance concerns
Fletcher to address NZSA's performance concerns as lobby drops call to spill board.

Fletcher has untapped upside says broking firm
Asset sales, focus on costs could yield $100M+ upside for Fletcher earnings: FNZC.

Boss fined $151k for misrepresenting cladding
A former owner of a concrete company has been fined $151k for misrepresenting cladding.

Fulton Hogan lifts annual profit 6.5 per cent
Fulton Hogan lifts annual profit 6.5 per cent on growing infrastructure spend.

Fletcher quarry workers strike over hours, pay
Workers at Fletcher's Winstone quarry in Hunua are picketing the quarry today.

Construction industry faces technology crisis
Pre-fabricated buildings built by robots is a trend which is 'probably unstoppable'.

New housing consents down, fewer small places built
The fall in consents was driven by apartments and townhouses.

Downer paid $60.5 million for Hawkins
Downer EDI spent A$55.4 million snapping up local construction firm Hawkins.

Trench warfare in construction
Insider view: Why is our industry suffering so badly in the face of big demand.

Board critics 'don't know a lot about construction' - Binns
Fletcher Building board's critics 'don't know much about construction', says Binns.

Deposits taken on $14.5m penthouses
The apartments are in New Zealand's tallest residential tower.

Changes made after Fletcher's $204m loss
Chairman reassures that Fletcher is still 'a good business'.