New Zealand's residential building consents fell in December, mainly due to a drop in apartment consents.

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Civil construction firm Fulton Hogan and engineer Aurecon have won $40.7 million of work to replace three one-way bridges in Northland.

Blair Cole even displayed the Licensed Building Practitioner logo on his business card, despite not being licensed.

Engineering firm Tonkin and Taylor is launching a recruitment drive in the UK due to the shortage of engineers in Australasia.

HEB Construction, which was bought by France's Vinci Group in 2015 for 43 million euros, sank into the red last year after it wrote

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

New Zealand's residential building consents took a tumble in November on a seasonally adjusted basis, largely due to earthquake disruption

Construction giant Fletcher Building is being picked to have a strong year ahead by analysts.

The Auckland housing crisis has hit another snag with substandard construction materials being used.

NZ shares were mixed in holiday trading with yield stocks

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.

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.

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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.

The Commerce Commission will prosecute three firms following its investigation into seismic steel mesh.

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.

Job advertisements rose 9.9pc in October, with the Waikato job market thriving.

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

Share market investors are expected to be "gun-shy" and hold off from big trades until they believe the aftershocks are over.