Blogs

The drone is the easy part

August 18, 2026

A drone can survey a roof in minutes, but flying it legally over a live site is a job for...

Help inside the hard hat

August 17, 2026

The most dangerous thing on a construction site is not the fall or the machine. In Australia, construction workers take...

Nation’s largest solar farm switches on, again

August 16, 2026

New Zealand has a new largest solar farm, and it took just over a year to knock the last one...

A different path to success earns national apprenticeship honour

August 15, 2026

Leaving school at just 16 to help support her family could easily have marked the end of Lexiga (Lexi) Pritchard’s...

Earthquake law reset lands hardest on Wellington

August 14, 2026

Wellington faces the biggest shake-up to its earthquake rules in a decade, and it lands squarely on the capital’s builders,...

Property boom tests Dunedin’s heritage buildings

August 13, 2026

Dunedin’s property market outperforms expectations with numbers catching people off-guard. Fresh data puts the city’s home values up 3.3% over...

Landfill levy sharpens case for reclaimed timber

August 12, 2026

Dumping construction waste just got more expensive. From July 1, the levy on construction and demolition waste sent to landfill...

The hidden cost of the break nobody takes

August 11, 2026

Walk through most workplaces at lunchtime and you’ll find a familiar sight: someone eating at their desk, still answering emails,...

Water report exposes leaks, overflows and consent breaches

August 10, 2026

New Zealand’s water infrastructure is under strain. A new national report reveals widespread leakage, wastewater overflows and ongoing non-compliance across...