The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) quarterly Construction and Infrastructure Surveys continue to show that while construction and infrastructure workloads have increased growth across New Zealand, an acute skill shortage is creating bottlenecks that threaten the viability of the sector New Zealand needs a skilled, sustainable construction workforce to ensure the sector has the people it needs now and into the future, with estimates that the construction industry will need an extra 50,000 workers by 2022. Continue →

The way we do business has been disrupted; we are now connected everywhere and with everyone, says Regus Country Manager Pierre Ferrandon As employees we can now choose where and when we work, because work is no longer something we do or a place we go but is the overall output that an employee and employer produce. Continue →

Wellingtonian Jeh Wasti started his real estate career in 2016 and by the end of 2018 he was Century 21 New Zealand’s Top Salesperson for the Year (for Gross Closed Commission) Jeh Wasti (right) with Century 21 Executive Director Michael Baliviera (left) The 33-year-old was honoured at Century 21 New Zealand’s Annual Awards in Auckland recently. Continue →

It was a big night for two North Island towns at the Annual Awards Gala Dinner in Auckland, where Century 21 New Zealand has announced its real estate winners for 2018 #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Huntly’s Barbara Craig, Ian Pepper, and Pescha Eccles Turangi’s Molly McLean, Roger Webb, and Wai Johnson   Roger Webb of Century 21 Premier (Turangi) was named Top Salesperson for the Year for Units (the number of properties listed and sold). Continue →

Virtual reality (VR) field trips are now being used to teach students about construction and leaky homes at the University of Auckland Business School, as the technology revolutionizes the property industry From this month, Bachelor of Property students in the stage one course “Introduction to Property” are being given Google Cardboard headsets – a low-cost virtual reality headset that resembles a cardboard Viewfinder from the 1980s, with a place to insert a smartphone. Continue →

The Electrical Training Company, New Zealand’s leading provider of electrical apprenticeships, has partnered with Life Care Consultants Ltd to deliver first aid and CPR training across its apprentice programme The Electrical Training Company has more than 600 apprentices across the country and Life Care Consultants will provide all training nationally, apart from the Auckland region, where First Aid NZ is the provider. Continue →

A new online safety audit is now available to help New Zealand businesses assess how well their health and safety system is performing and identify areas of risk Leading nationwide health and safety consultants, Securo, estimate two-thirds of New Zealand businesses still have no idea how their contractors, regional branch offices or even their own workplaces rate in terms of the new health and safety requirements, despite new laws having been introduced more than a year ago. Continue →

Ten points make the most of conjoined tendering environments, according to Donna Smithies and Caroline Boot of specialist tender writing company Plan A. Continue →

A unique team-building exercise saw 18 staff from the Chow Group and sister company Inno Capital build three bicycles from scratch to help children battling adversity “We kept the activity a secret from both teams and when it was revealed, it was received very positively,” Chow Group Management Ltd Director John Chow reveals. Continue →

A seminar outlining a new global property measurement standard is being held in Auckland on Wednesday, 15th February by Property Council New Zealand in association with the Property Institute and RICS. Continue →

With natural disasters impossible to predict and an increased risk from terror attacks playing a major role, the need to have an established workplace recovery plan is greater than ever. Continue →