RSM Auckland managing partner Lisa Murphy on struggling sectors, Government investment, the talent market, and a recent merger.
But piecemeal and one-off projects are an ‘extraordinarily’ expensive, inefficient way to build infrastructure, outgoing CRL boss says.
ANALYSIS: The companies that have an important role in the country’s infrastructure pipeline, as well as opportunities for growth.
ANALYSIS: The country’s biggest wastewater project is nearing completion and should make life in Auckland more like a day at the beach.
ANALYSIS: In this first story of a new week-long series, NBR looks at how to improve our alarmingly low infrastructure productivity.
ANALYSIS: An off-the-rack solution to fix the immediate problem of reconnecting the Coromandel Peninsula via State Highway 25A proved its worth as a faster, cheaper option to developing a ‘bespoke’ design.
It’s often a case of learning as you go, in a sector not renowned for ‘experimenting’: Beca HQ – Green Star on the radar.
The wood vs steel vs concrete debate elicits lots of huffing and puffing, but the three little pigs didn’t have to worry about hitting carbon emission targets.
In the first of a three-part series on the building supplies sector, NBR looks at the implications of rampant build cost inflation and efforts to nail down the problem.
Crown research institute Scion has re-invigorated its research into a genetically engineered sterile Douglas fir pine after mooting offshore trials.