Blogs
Residential gas grows costly
October 8, 2025
Gas appliances in New Zealand homes are fuelling serious health risks and billions of dollars in costs, according to new...
Would your chimney withstand a quake?
October 5, 2025
Check that your chimney can withstand an earthquake or, if it falls, won’t cause serious damage. That’s the advice of...
Slashing slash
October 2, 2025
It feels like a ‘one-in-100-year’ weather event now happens every year. Flooding and landslides in the Nelson-Tasman region are the...
Preventing potholes
October 2, 2025
Nearly all potholes on New Zealand’s state highways are now being repaired within 24 hours, as the Transport Agency steps...
Concrete sector grows carbon critical
September 29, 2025
Concrete NZ’s 2024 Sustainability Report says that the decarbonisation of New Zealand’s cement and concrete sectors is accelerating. Concrete NZ...
Industry exhausted and sick, new MATES survey
September 26, 2025
Half of workers reported pain, illness, or disability in the 2025 MATES in Construction Industry Well-being Survey, more than double...
Asbestos: The danger we don’t see
September 23, 2025
Brett Murray, Chief Executive of Site Safe NZ, shares his views on asbestos awareness. Asbestos is often seen as a...
Asbestos in fire doors has nationwide impact
September 20, 2025
A contamination scare involving asbestos in imported materials has led to temporary closures at Pacific Door Systems (PDS) and triggered...
Auckland Council focuses on deconstruction
September 17, 2025
In a move towards sustainability, the Auckland Council has chosen to deconstruct and dismantle buildings rather than demolish them, aiming...