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Inclusiveness In An AI Driven City
Saturday, 22 February 2025, 4:12 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
Global real estate leaders Cushman and Wakefield hope their Inclusive Cities Barometer will encourage discussion and further acceptance of the influence of real estate activities on urban inclusion and the social fabric of our cities. More >>
Low-cost Ways To Grow Auckland’s Infrastructure
Friday, 31 January 2025, 9:56 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
A new report highlights the opportunities that Auckland’s population density offers for reducing infrastructure costs for New Zealand, says Te Waihanga (New Zealand Infrastructure Commission) Chief Executive Geoff Cooper. More >>
What Councils Need Most In 2025
Sunday, 12 January 2025, 6:32 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
Councils across the country had some of their most challenging conversations around the table last year, as they balance the need to protect ratepayer’s long-term interests with the financial sustainability of councils, Local Government New Zealand ... More >>
The Case For Concrete Roads
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 7:55 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
Concrete roads are well suited for high intensity traffic and are more cost effective in the long run, according to a new economic report. More >>
Learnings From Victoria On Infrastructure Delivery
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 9:16 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
‘Delivery efficiency’ is an abstract phrase, but an infrastructure consultancy boss says it boils down to using tools and techniques to do things better and remove waste from projects or programmes. More >>
Public Infrastructure Lacking In Transparency
Sunday, 20 October 2024, 3:23 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
There’s been a lot of debate recently around the high cost of infrastructure in New Zealand, but one thing missing from the discussion is the stark fact that so many projects are shrouded in secrecy, writes Greater Auckland’s Connor Sharp More >>
Education Reforms Risk Crippling Infrastructure Workforce
Monday, 7 October 2024, 6:30 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
Ahead of a significant overhaul of the vocational education system, Civil Contractors New Zealand (CCNZ) has highlighted several concerns around the proposed changes. More >>
What It Means To Shift To A Circular Economy
Monday, 7 October 2024, 6:28 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
Core to meeting countries’ emissions budgets and 2050 targets, and often conveniently ignored, is the inevitable shift from a linear to a circular economy, writes Greenbox Chief Executive Ross Thompson More >>
Chokepoints In Europe Expected To Impact Kiwi Trade
Sunday, 2 June 2024, 5:23 am | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
A new study led by the CMCC highlights the possible effects on production and prices of agricultural commodities to and from Europe More >>
Heavy Transport Company Goes Hydrogen
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 5:20 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
New Zealand’s largest heavy transport company H.W. Richardson (HWR) plans to decarbonise its transport fleet by adopting a hydrogen refuelling solution developed by Fabrum. Zero-emissions transition company Fabrum is developing and deploying an end-to-end ... More >>
Courts Hold Governments To Account For Climate Change
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 5:15 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
The UK High Court has ruled that the British government’s Net Zero Strategy breaches the Climate Change Act 2008. Meanwhile, the New Zealand High Court is expected to rule on a similar case, Simpson Grierson reports. At the heart of the case, coinciding ... More >>
Border Opening Lets In More Than Just Travellers
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 4:00 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
The opening of the New Zealand border has resulted in international tech, bank tech, platforms and countries parachuting into the country, FinTechNZ executive director Jason Roberts says. There are much more than just travel gateways opening up again. ... More >>
What Of The Workforce As Borders Re-open?
Saturday, 19 February 2022, 7:21 am | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
The Government has announced its five step plan for the borders to re-open, meaning employers can once again start planning for skilled workers to enter the country, Civil Contractors Chief Executive Alan Pollard says. While this will be a phased ... More >>
Quarry Workers On Strike As Revenue Soars
Saturday, 19 February 2022, 7:18 am | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
Winstone Aggregate’s significant growth and forecasted revenues continue to surpass stagnating wages and the increasingly difficult work people are paid for, FIRST Union claims. Annually, Winstone Aggregates extract around 4.5 million cubic metres of ... More >>
New Zealanders Pessimistic After Hottest Year On Record
Friday, 21 January 2022, 5:51 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
NIWA statistics report 2021 as the warmest year since records began and despite concern about climate change, most New Zealanders do not think it can be avoided, Horizon Research finds. Concern about climate change is at its highest for nearly ... More >>
What You Need To Know About Omicron
Friday, 21 January 2022, 5:48 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
The arrival of the fast-spreading Omicron variant has prompted health officials worldwide to urge booster shots for all. “If we can’t get our vaccination rate up, we’re basically waiting for everyone who still has no immunity to Covid to ... More >>
CCNZ Names Incoming Chief Executive
Friday, 10 December 2021, 5:27 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
I am pleased to announce that we have appointed Alan Pollard to replace Peter Silcock as Chief Executive of Civil Contractors New Zealand, says President Tony Pike. Alan will start his new role in January next year, and comes to CCNZ following ten years ... More >>
Christchurch Airport Announces 400ha Green Energy Park
Friday, 10 December 2021, 5:23 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
Kōwhai Park will be a new platform for generating renewable energy at scale to enable businesses to transition away from fossil fuels. Christchurch Airport is committing 400 hectares of its Harewood campus to Kōwhai Park. The Park will scale up over ... More >>
Is Technology The Key To A Sustainable Future In Construction?
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 5:06 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
For over eighteen months, the construction sector has experienced unprecedented project delays, budget blowouts, and shortages of labour, says InEight EVP of APAC Rob Bryant. In Australia, construction site closures in New South Wales have contributed ... More >>
Immigration Policy Is Disconnected From Infrastructure
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 5:02 pm | AsiaPacific Infrastructure
The inability or unwillingness to build the infrastructure needed to support and settle people in the community suggests a return to pre-pandemic rates of immigration are unsustainable, says the Productivity Commission. The Productivity Commission ... More >>