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Here's what Govt needs to do to give building sector best shot at survival

Here’s what Govt needs to do to give building sector best shot at survival

OPINION: The impact of Covid-19 is incalculable. The immediate impact on physical and psychological health is immense.

Governmental planning has been driven by modelling that predicts mass infections and substantial mortality. Not unreasonably the New Zealand government instituted a countrywide lockdown. The effect has been monumental. Movements stopped, businesses closed, all bets are off.

It is…

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#building #civil #Commercial #Commercial Construction #construction #contractors #Covid-19 #economic growth #environment #housing #infrastructure #lockdown #new zealand #school

Auckland City Rail Link construction progress revealed in new video

Progress on Auckland’s City Rail Link has been shown via new video footage released.

Filmed this morning, it shows the construction site on lower Queen Street and beneath Britomart. It comes as the City Rail Link company (CRL) signed a contract with the developer Link Alliance to build the three main stations and complete the…

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#Auckland #CRL #infrastructure #new zealand #Tunnel

New focus with completion of Albert St Rail Tunnel Construction of the City Rail Link (CRL) tunnel under the northern end of Albert Street has finished, marking a shift in focus towards enhancement work along the busy central Auckland thoroughfare.

#Auckland #City Rail Link #civil #construction #contractors #infrastructure #new zealand #rail #Tunnel

$703m Convention Centre to be 'world-first', opening to streets on all sides

$703m Convention Centre to be ‘world-first’, opening to streets on all sides

The new $703 million NZ International Convention Centre is said to be a world-first because unlike similar giants in other cities around the world, the huge new convention centre here will be open on all sides. John Coop, principal of Warren and Mahoney which was one of the architects, says: “This will be the first convention centre in the world with no back door – open on all four sides to the…

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#Auckland #Commercial Construction #construction #convention centre #infrastructure #new zealand #Sky City

Timber high-rise tower mooted for Auckland: suggestions on a number of sites

A building expert wants the Auckland waterfront area to get this country’s first timber high-rise, saying the Wynyard Quarter or Britomart areas would be ideal for a significant wood tower.

Damian Otto, director of design and digital construction at Takapuna-based Tallwood, called for Auckland to go green and build a timber tower of up to 15 levels. That would showcase what could be achieved…

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#Auckland #business #Commercial #construction #contractors #High Rise #infrastructure #new zealand

Auckland remains world's third best city for quality of life

Auckland remains world’s third best city for quality of life

Auckland has again been ranked the third best city in the world for quality of life, according to an international survey. Consultancy giant Mercer’s Quality of Living Index has ranked the Super City third out of 450 cities. Austrian capital Vienna was top, and Switzerland’s largest city, Zurich, was second. Auckland shared third place with German city Munich.

Wellington came in at 15th place,…

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#Auckland #best city #mercer #new zealand #quality of life

My Name Is Jeffie!

City Rail Link’s latest tunnel boring machine has been named Jeffie after a hugely popular CRL social media naming contest. More than 30,000 people from as far away as the UK, USA, Europe, the Philippines and Afghanistan participated in the naming contest run in just under a week. The most popular name by far was Jeff.

Thousands of people voted Jeff based on the popular meme “My Name is Jeff”…

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#Auckland #construction #contractors #CRL #infrastructure #new zealand #Tunnel

Skyscraper wars: New 187m Auckland tower claims record

The race to build New Zealand’s tallest new residential tower is heating up, as developers of a planned 187m Auckland apartment skyscraper claim victory over the 178m Pacifica now rising nearby. Both blocks are being built by companies with strong connections to China. Harrision Sha, general manager of Shundi Customs which is building the newly-named Seascape Apartments at 83 Customs Street East…

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#Auckland #construction #infrastructure #new zealand #residential #skyscraper

Bugger! Anyone got a spade?

State Highway 1 north and south of Kaikōura will remain closed until at least the middle of next week after ex-Cyclone Gita brought down 300,000 cubic metres of debris over the road at 60 sites. Since Tuesday morning, the route has been closed south of Kaikōura, between Peketa and Goose Bay, and north of the town from Mangamaunu to Clarence – the same sections where significant earthquake…

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#christchurch #contractors #Cyclone Gita #earthquake #earthquake recovery #earthworks #infrastructure #kaikoura #KiwiRail #new zealand #NZTA #rail #roads #South Island

Competition pushing construction sector into 'race to the bottom'

Competition pushing construction sector into ‘race to the bottom’

Competition has pushed the construction sector into a “race to the bottom” where companies are taking on projects to win revenue rather than chase profit, says a top industry boss. David Prentice was chief executive for seven years of NZX-listed Opus International Consultants, a multi-disciplinary infrastructure consultancy with 3000 staff that was bought by Canada’s WSP Global in December.

Pren…

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#building #Commercial #construction #design #development #infrastructure #new zealand

City Rail Link – Cut & Cover Construction

#Auckland #auckland transport #City Rail Link #civil #construction #CRL #infrastructure #new zealand #Tunnel

57-storey giant set to tower over Auckland

Hengyi Pacific, the company planning a 57-level tower in downtown Auckland, has already built two Melbourne super-towers and is well under way with a third. And now it has big plans for its site here. Although many Auckland apartment projects have been cancelled before construction began, Hengyi – one of Australasia’s largest high-rise unit specialists – appears set on going ahead. The $300…

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#appartments #Auckland #building #construction #High Rise #new zealand

$300m Riccarton Racecourse housing development gets Government green light

The Government has approved a $300 million, 600-home development at a Christchurch racecourse.

Building and Construction Minister Nick Smith said building could start at Riccarton Racecourse after Cabinet removed the land’s reserve status on Monday.

The land, situated around the outside of the race track, will be developed by the Christchurch Racecourse Reserve Trustees and Ngai Tahu Property.

P…

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#christchurch #construction #housing #infrastructure #new zealand #Nick Smith #riccarton

Stunning stadium pitched for Auckland, sunken into waterfront

Jaw-dropping concepts for an iconic new national stadium have been pitched to Auckland Council, proposing a state-of-the-art arena be submerged into the city’s waterfront. A portfolio of spectacular designs can be revealed from documents delivered to the office of Auckland Mayor Phil Goff last month. The Herald on Sunday has obtained them through the Local Government Official Information and…

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#Auckland #construction #infrastructure #new zealand #sports stadium #Viaduct Harbour

Infrastructure spending to get boost of billions in May Budget

$812 million will go towards repairing State Highway 1 around Kaikoura.

Finance Minister Steven Joyce will lift infrastructure spending by $4 billion more in the May Budget than previously indicated and an extra $7b in the following three Budgets. Of the $4b extra in next month’s Budget $812 million will go towards repairing State Highway 1 north and south of Kaikoura, which was damaged in the…

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#budget #civil #Government #infrastructure #kaikoura #new zealand #NZTA #Steven Joyce

International hotel group buys Cathedral Square site for new hotel

A major Japanese hotel and tourism group has bought land in Cathedral Square for just over $7 million to build a big hotel. The 2000sq m vacant property runs from Cathedral Sq to Gloucester St. It is part of the former Press site. The deal has been called a vote of confidence in Cathedral Square, which has been a slow starter in the rebuild. The project will bring the number of existing and…

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#cathedral square #christchurch #Commercial Construction #Hotel #new zealand #Rebuild

NZTA updates plans for $1.25 billion East West Link between Onehunga and Mt Wellington

Transport chiefs have released a new animation showing how they expect a major new highway in Auckland will ease congestion.

The East West Link between Onehunga and Penrose is designed to improve travel between State Highways 1 and 20.

The road is a priority project for supporting the long-term growth of Auckland and the continued…

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#Auckland #civil #East-West Link #infrastructure #new zealand #NZTA #roads

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