​Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says State Highway 1 through the Mangamuka Gorge will open to light vehicles and camper vans before Christmas with a single lane past two slips on the northern side of the gorge.

​Arrowes, a manufacturer of roading safety solutions, has launched its biggest innovation yet – the Automated Cone Truck (ACT) which will set entirely new safety and efficiency benchmarks for working in live traffic.

A mining tradition hundreds of years old was observed at dawn when a statue of St Barbara, the patron saint of miners, was blessed and placed in a small shrine near the tunnel entrance at the City Rail Link Mt Eden site.

A novel approach to roofing the country’s largest industrial roof

The critical importance of well-performing infrastructure to New Zealand's economy was demonstrated by the reduced capacity forced on the Waitemata Harbour Bridge after a wind gust tipped a truck and the bridge superstructure was damaged.

Watch out homeowners, DIYers and contractors alike – changes to building consents could save homeowners up to $18 million in costs and are expected to result in 9000 fewer consents each year.

The outline of the bow of a ship could just be made out through the mist hanging above the Whangarei Harbour. As the mist lifted, the ship was revealed to be Whangarei’s newest steel sculpture – the Camera Obscura.

New Zealand’s economic recovery from the hammer blows of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the employment prospects for many of those made jobless by it, will be closely tied to our construction sector.

While last year was all about setting up onsite for Watercare's Central Interceptor project, the focus has now moved underground as the team start to dig deep, ready for the arrival of the key piece of equipment that will deliver the tunnel.

New Zealand’s largest transport infrastructure project is celebrating a significant milestone – Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) has formally accepted ownership of its big tunnel boring machine (TBM) after extensive factory tests in China.

Over 200 construction sites around the country were flying flags during the week starting 7 September to mark World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September).

The Government must ramp up investment in road maintenance immediately, says an industry group, as data shows an alarming decline in the quality of road surfaces around the country.

Zjovani Petera is officially the first apprentice to graduate from a referral from the Tamaki Jobs & Skills Hub, a local resource for residents of Glen Innes, Panmure and Point England in east Auckland.

A team of staff and alumni from the University of Auckland, who met as students at the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries (CAI), has been awarded the Good Design Australia Gold Award for an interactive installation.

The awards and accolades keep coming for Christchurch’s central library, Turanga. The five-storey building, which sits on the edge of Cathedral Square, has become one of the few public buildings in New Zealand to be awarded a 5 Green Star (custom design certified rating) from the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC).

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency motorway construction projects moved to take advantage of reduced traffic volumes on Auckland’s motorways during the recent lockdown under Alert Level 3 after Covid-19 returned within the community.

Six forces are converging in a post-Covid New Zealand that will fundamentally transform our urban centres. Left unchecked, the results of this convergence could be ghost CBDs characterised by untenanted buildings and distressed landlords, and a population still afflicted by the housing affordability crisis hampering our younger generations.

Watercare’s carbon-reduction initiative has been endorsed as the Construction Sector Accord’s first ‘Beacon Project’ – a project that demonstrates leadership to the rest of the sector by taking a transformative approach to construction.

One of the most active worksites on the Transmission Gully motorway project is the Wainui Saddle, the highest point on the new road. And while it is one of the shortest sections – just 800m of the 27km of new motorway – it is one of the most complex earthworks challenges of any project in New Zealand.

Running the length of Quay Street is an historic seawall that has retained and protected land reclaimed over 100 years ago to form Downtown Auckland.

The most comprehensive review of New Zealand’s resource management system, since the Resource Management Act (RMA) was passed in 1991, has been released, with major recommendations that will affect how we plan and build our infrastructure.

When the topic of robots in the workforce is brought up, it’s easy to feel a little uncomfortable. After all, we commonly hear comments like ‘one day when robots are doing our jobs’ or ‘a machine can do that, quicker and cheaper’. However, the truth is far less scary than these conversations and sensationalism.

The press is awash with stories around when the 150 projects that are ‘shovel ready’ and worth an estimated $2.6 billion will be released to market. These projects, and the certainty of pipeline they bring, are undoubtedly vital for the construction industry.

Custom-fabricated structural bearings are being introduced by Hercules Engineering for extremely high stress applications requiring outstanding load-bearing performance, even in compact or wet spaces of buildings and industrial structures.

​The concept of human induced vibration (vibrations caused by human footfall) can conjure up images of Millennium Bridge-style swaying or collapsing buildings. But, in reality, the ‘damage’ caused by human induced vibrations is less likely to ruin a structure and more likely to cause discomfort for people using it.

Significant time and cost savings can be achieved on major construction projects through the use of a new-to-the-market concrete strength prediction engine.