Across the infrastructure and construction sectors, material passports are emerging as a promising tool for enabling circularity. Continue →

The greater-than-expected shift in US trade policy was the major surprise in the first half of 2025, according to the CBRE mid-year review of APAC commercial property rentals.   Continue →

Studio DB’s work for Ngāti Hine Health Trust has received a coveted Bronze Pin at the 2023 Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Design Awards and is a finalist in the 2023 Interior Awards The Best Design Awards is an annual showcase of excellence in graphic, spatial, product, digital and motion design along with three special awards – Value of Design, Public Good and Toitanga. Continue →

ICD Property, the Australian developer working on Auckland’s tallest tower, has decided to exit the project, listing it for sale just months after winning approval ICD managing director Matt Khoo said the developer had decided to sell its first international site to allow it to pursue other projects in Australia. Continue →

New Zealand-based manufacturers, importers, retailers and distributers will be hit with new obligations to provide building product users with information about how building products contribute to compliance with the Building Code The regulations will commence on 11 December 2023 by which time manufactures and importers must meet their obligations. Continue →

The Government has announced an extensive review of the management of seismic risk in existing buildings to ensure it is being managed effectively and in a workable, proportionate way At a high level, the Review will include: considering society’s expectations and willingness to pay to mitigate the risk of injury and death in an earthquake, and for improving the resilience of buildings over time recommending regulatory responses that balance life safety risks against the costs of regulation and impact on private property owners identifying barriers to meeting regulatory requirements and the types of support or incentives that would help building owners to better manage seismic risk considering how outcomes from seismic risk requirements align with broader Government objectives. Continue →

A Waikato construction company has won one of four major national prizes in Xero’s inaugural Beautiful Business Fund and will be using its $20,000 prize money to train staff for an earthquake strengthening project next year Xero, the global small business platform has awarded four New Zealand small businesses and non-profits a share of the $750,000 global prize pool as part of the inaugural Xero Beautiful Business Fund. Continue →

While no one believes the pipeline had vanished, by late 2025 most people involved with the infrastructure sector were describing the year in a similar vein. Continue →