The cost to build a house is rising fastest in two parts of the country.

Two big department stores coming to Sylvia Park - but mall owners won't divulge who.

Councils and apartment industry to look into prevalence of flammable cladding.

Speculation about a break-up or buyout of Fletcher Building has re-emerged.

WATCH: A 20-metre tower crane is on site at the 24-hectare Coatesville property.

A man has pleaded guilty to nine charges under the Fair Trading Act.

Fulton Hogan lifts first-half pre-tax profit 13 per cent, fattens order book.

New Zealand's labour productivity fell 0.7 per cent in the year to March 2016.

Fletcher Building shares tumbled 12 per cent after the company cut its full-year earnings guidance.

Analyst estimates one-off loss on large building project cost company $30 million.

Disappointment has been expressed about Fletcher Building's half-year result, largely due to the performance of its construction division.

A shimmering glass tower has been revealed as the new look for Dunedin's proposed five-star hotel.

A new image of the $850 million Commercial Bay development shows what it will look like from midtown.

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

A dearth of qualified scaffolding workers could be be a setback for the earthquake rebuild, an industry group says.

Queenstown's building boom has pushed crane numbers up 600 per cent in the last few months.

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

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

Building a house during Tauranga's boom is costing more and taking longer due to a shortage of tradesmen.

Fletcher Construction's chief is upbeat about the "wave of work" in the infrastructure sector.

Finance Minister Bill English will this week unveil plans to spend an additional $15 billion on infrastructure by 2025.

A construction boss is promoting alliance contracting as a means for having certainty over costs and delivery.

Bill English is poised to announce an initiative to align the Australian and New Zealand infrastructure markets.

Hawkins Infrastructure boss Rory Bishop says construction is adopting technology at an ever-increasing pace.

AWF Madison Group, the country's largest contract labour company, has bought IT recruitment group Absolute IT for $15.3 million. Absolute

Fletcher Building has lifted the amount it plans to spend on land for housing.

The value of building projects in the Bay of Plenty is expected to reach $1 billion this year.

Tauranga's struggling downtown shopping centre is to get a major boost with the construction of a new hotel and retail development.

Residential building consents fell for a second month, according to new figures from Statistics New Zealand.

Auckland land earmarked for a school will be turned into a 51-home development by February - with the homes built so they can be carted off when a school is needed.