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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

New Zealand’s transport agency has appointed a consortium to build a two-lane toll road in North Auckland.

Construction activity across Australia grew in Q4 2021, driven by a surge in housing and infrastructure projects.