Category: Regular Blogs
Built to belong
Ben O’Connell / August 23, 2026
The recent quakes near Te Anau are a reminder that homes in the Great South must both suit their spectacular...
Two kinds of know-how
Ben O’Connell / August 22, 2026
What you want from a local expert, what you want from a South Island-wide provider, and why the best projects...
Height safety reform targets falls
Ben O’Connell / August 21, 2026
Falls from height remain one of the most persistent causes of serious injury and death on our nation’s construction sites,...
How building sites feel the deep freeze
Ben O’Connell / August 20, 2026
New Zealand’s been facing some of the coldest mornings of the year. Temperatures in parts of the South Island have...
Cross-party consensus emerge
Ben O’Connell / August 19, 2026
For years, construction firms have built around a moving political target. Consenting rules, building standards and housing settings swung with...
The drone is the easy part
Ben O’Connell / 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
Ben O’Connell / 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
Ben O’Connell / August 16, 2026
New Zealand has a new largest solar farm, and it took just over a year to knock the last one...