News Stantec buys New Zealand engineer Canadian consultant Stantec has bought the Cosgroves, a building engineering company based in Auckland that employs 90 staff. Stantec says that the acquisition will increase its fire engineering, M&E, hydraulics,…
News Three teams shortlisted for New Zealand’s $5.9bn Northern Express Three international consortiums have been shortlisted for the next section of New Zealand’s Northern Expressway, a public-private project to connect the major towns in the North Auckland Peninsula, broadcaster RNZ…
News Pay dispute halts work on New Zealand’s tallest building China Construction New Zealand has told 25 subcontractors that it has suspended work on New Zealand’s tallest building, the 56-storey Seascape residential tower in central Auckland, the New Zealand Herald…
Projects Besix halfway through Christchurch’s Te Kaha stadium Besix says its Australian subsidiary Besix Watpac is now halfway through building the 30,000-seat Te Kaha stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. Commissioned by Christchurch City Council, the $417m (NZ$683m) multi-use…
News New Zealand greenlights $6.2bn transport upgrade in Canterbury New Zealand has approved a 10-year plan to upgrade the transport system in the Canterbury Region, which includes the city of Christchurch. The programme is expected to cost US$6.2bn, of…
News Procore offers free software to students in Australia, New Zealand Construction management software vendor Procore Technologies launched its Australia and New Zealand University Programme this month at an event in Sydney co-hosted by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Under…
News Former prime minister of New Zealand ordered to pay millions following company collapse Jenny Shipley, New Zealand’s prime minister between 1997 and 1999, has been ordered to pay US$3.9m after the collapse of the Mainzeal construction company, for which she was a director.…
News New Zealand to build new prefab Antarctic base Dutch firm Mammoet is doing the heavy lifting in New Zealand’s plans to revamp its sole Antarctic research base with three prefabricated buildings in January 2027. Leighs Construction will build…
News NZ’s pothole punch-up based on wrong figures, transport agency says As election year gets underway in New Zealand, the incumbent Labour government has come under fire for presiding over a supposedly record-breaking number of public complaints about potholes, but the…
News Fed up with supply shocks, New Zealand is building its first industry capacity model A consortium of universities in New Zealand has received a grant of NZ$9.96m from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to create the first model of the country’s…
News Vinci, Aurecon join Auckland’s €305m Penlink project New Zealand’s transport agency has appointed a consortium to build a two-lane toll road in North Auckland.
Markets How Covid hit Australia and New Zealand in 2021 Construction activity across Australia grew in Q4 2021, driven by a surge in housing and infrastructure projects.