News and Media Releases

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18 November 2019

Fletcher Building has today opened its long-awaited giant new high-tech pre-fabricated house-building factory, aiming to cut a 22-week lead time down to six weeks.


13 November 2019

It's hoped a new one stop shop to see when big infrastructure projects are due will help move the construction industry away from its boom or bust cycle.


13 November 2019

A Wanaka-based company has today launched a modular building system which will allow houses to be constructed in under a week, it says.


12 November 2019

A company which claims to have identified over 1200 defective buildings and structures around the country in the last five years says it's a snapshot of a wider problem which is a very real threat to public safety.


11 November 2019

As the housing crisis deepens and families struggle to find a home, developer Charles Ma thinks it's time to change the way we build.


4 November 2019

A New Plymouth property owner is urging new home buyers not to rely on Land Information Memorandum (LIM) reports after wrong information got him into a planning wrangle with the district council.


4 November 2019

As erosion threatens seaside houses of Sunset Beach, Port Waikato, home owners are growing increasingly frustrated at what they say are a lack of answers.


31 October 2019

Newly released documents show the country's leading building products certifier failed reviews repeatedly for years but officials let it carry on largely unfettered.


31 October 2019

A lengthy fire engineering report for the SkyCity convention centre made no mention of the possibility of a blaze on the roof.


31 October 2019

Fewer people would have died in the deadly Grenfell Tower fire if the London Fire Brigade had told residents to evacuate the burning building sooner then they did, a public inquiry found Wednesday.


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