Construction

Building owners do not need to rush tenants out of earthquake-prone buildings, but should rather allow them time to make alternative arrangements, new guidelines state.

Justice advocates say learning skills would be better placed on other projects, but Corrections says employment and training is hugely beneficial for inmates.

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New Zealand's largest mass timber office building will be constructed in Tauranga.

The auditor-general says the governance of Auckland's underground rail project is working well but expects costs to blow out significantly.

The engineering firm whose report spurred workers to leave a Wellington multi-storey building warns that designing for earthquakes may get harder.

The Detail takes a closer look at how the shortage of plasterboard - a critical building product - reached crisis point.

As construction sites missing plasterboard freeze, industry leaders say building businesses will fail.

Minister for Building and Construction Megan Woods says her top priority is to ensure builders have the materials they need to do their job.

KiwiSaver provider Simplicity and the Shareholders' Association are calling for heads to roll at Fletcher Building over the Gib shortage. Audio

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KiwiSaver provider and social housing backer Simplicity has come away disappointed from a meeting with Fletcher Building over the shortage of GIB-board.