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Heavyweights tell price probe their materials are a smaller part of the overall cost.
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Building back better: Fletcher posts stunning half-year result
"I just said what I was going to do and I did it," Ross Taylor said of five-year plan.
'Toilet paper syndrome': Builders panic buying gib board
Signature Homes and Fletcher Building have acknowledged extremely high demand.
Fletcher Building nails net profit rise to $171m
Taylor upbeat about the second half, projects full-year ebit of $750m
Fletcher Building forecast: Is an upgrade on the cards?
Analysts are relatively upbeat about what could be announced next week.
Deloitte Top 200 Award finalists named
The best of business in New Zealand set to be honoured in the annual Top 200 awards.
Rusty police cells: Latest headache at $300m Christchurch justice precinct
Issues relate to custody unit at new central city police station.
Brokers' Picks: The hot stocks to watch in 2022
Results of the Herald's annual stock-picking game are in ... and the top picks for 2022.
James Hardie products costing 10% more next year
PlaceMakers said it would absorb the sudden price rise in the short term.
Fletcher Residential making foray into retirement village sector
No rest home, hospital, gym, swimming pool, hairdressing salon or bowling green at Vivid.
Analysts note Fletcher's wallboard dominance amid ComCom probe
We pay 20-30% more for building materials than Australians: Productivity Commission.
Fletcher could exceed last year, despite lockdowns: CEO
Company annual shareholder meeting at 2pm today in a virtual forum.
Is Auckland walking into another 'leaky homes' disaster?
Experts warn that first-time developers are cutting corners in the current hot market.
Green light given to businesses for rapid antigen Covid-19 tests
Big businesses have been granted an exemption to import and introduce rapid antigen tests.
How lockdown changes Fletcher's outlook
Analysts issue negative and positive views before company's AGM in a fortnight
Building site with no Covid safety measures backflips after being refused delivery
"You can't do much without concrete" - Julien Leys, Building Industry Federation.
Auckland construction workforce back by Wednesday
'Quite a big loss of building materials and equipment due to theft' - Julien Leys.
The 90% Project: Businesses incentivise 25,000-plus staff to be jabbed
"Vaccinations are the best tool we have to plot a path back to normality", says one CEO.
Batts, GIB board, ColourCote back in production as Fletcher factories re-open
Winstone Wallboards, Tasman Insulation and Pacific CoilCoaters staff about to return.
'$1m a day' - lockdown toll on retail, entertainment and hospo
The Warehouse, Bunnings, PlaceMakers - how big retailers are faring under alert level 4.
Where to now for $26b construction sector?
Builders and contractors had to secure their sites fast on Wednesday.
CEO earning $6.9m/year doesn't own Auckland house
Taylor exceeded target achievement for group earnings and cash.
Covid lockdown: How $750m convention centre is faring as 650 people off site
Fletcher annual report says company fully insured for NZICC works.
Fletcher posts $669m net earnings, beats own guidance
Massive turnaround at giant builder, materials manufacturer and supplier
Analysts upbeat ahead of Fletcher Building's annual result
Fletcher Building is expected tomorrow to reaffirm its earnings guidance.
Warning from PlaceMakers to customers: cost rises coming
Tradespeople are trying to de-risk projects by only making quotes valid for a week.
18 months on from fire: Still a long way to go for convention centre repairs
Around 80 per cent or work on glass components now complete
Business Hub: Fletcher Building CEO Ross Taylor on a milestone birthday and Auckland v Sydney
"You're a long time dead ... whatever you are doing, make sure it's enjoyable."
Brokers' Picks: The best and worst performing shares at mid-year point
Mid-year results in the Herald Brokers Picks game don't all reflect the NZX-50 returns.
Developers warn septic tank overflow now classed as wetland, hurting housing supply
New rules capture farm tracks as wetlands.
Fletcher projects spectacular 315pc Ebit turnaround
'We're very much fighting fit. We're in good shape.' - Taylor on heroic turnaround.
Fletcher to return up to $300m to shareholders
"Balance sheet is in a strong position" - Ross Taylor
Covid construction chaos: Why NZ's building industry is struggling to cope
Skyrocketing costs, shortages and delays: here's how to beat the building blues.
Six-year-old apartments suffered fire system, window problems
Defects found in six-year-old apartment complex.