| Framing up mental health – By Chris Alderson
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 According to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), there are approximately 250,000 people who work in construction in New Zealand, covering commercial building, civil infrastructure, residential building, trades and consultants. There are many different roles – from roading workers, engineers, architects, builders and small business owners to project managers and property developers. Understanding and improving mental health within the construction and building sector is therefore naturally a significant task. However, with a collective focus and the support of the ...
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| Building future skills for construction – By Warwick Quinn
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 We recently reached 13,000 apprentices in active training at the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) – our highest number ever. Our 13,000th apprentice is 30-year-old Tioirangi Smith who previously worked in hospitality and is now a carpentry apprentice for SLC Builders in the Wellington area. It's a great achievement and shows we are moving in the right direction to grow the number of skilled tradespeople in New Zealand. Although we are seeing a positive shift, there is still more work to be done. Employment forecasts estimate 80,000 new and replacement ...
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| MATES In Construction launches in NZ
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 MATES In Construction NZ was formally launched on 30 October, focusing on opening up communication channels, changing onsite culture and improving knowledge of what can be done to prevent suicide in New Zealand's construction industry. It's all about mates helping mates. The 2019 BRANZ report, Suicide in the NZ Construction Industry Workforce, says that in the year to June 2019, 685 people died by suicide in New Zealand, and of these, 6.9% (47) were attributed to the construction industry – the highest proportion of suicides across all industries in NZ. To combat this disturbing scenario, ...
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| Camp Glenorchy showcases energy-efficient future for electrical infrastructure
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 Springing from a pioneering collaboration between Camp Glenorchy, a cross-disciplinary team of engineers, power and lines companies, consultants, manufacturers and private businesses over the past three years, the all-new comprehensive microgrid energy system is now online. It harnesses fully sustainable energy sources and manages supply, storage and demand, especially during peak periods, while setting the stage for increasing reliability and resiliency of the power supply to the local community. The first of its kind in New Zealand, the innovative energy solution allows Camp Glenorchy to ...
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| Hanmer Springs completes major redevelopment
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 The renowned Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and Spa in North Canterbury attracts more than half a million people every year: it's one of New Zealand's busiest tourism attractions. And 8 November 2019 was a big day for the complex's management and staff and the construction project team when Hurunui Mayor Marie Black and a classroom of excited kids from Leithfield School were given the honour of officially opening New Zealand's largest waterslide, Conical Thrill, and five new thermal pools, The Cascades. The $4.5 million developments were constructed over eight months. It wasn't a ...
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| Used materials finding roading reuses – the rise of plastic pavements – By Iain MacIntyre
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 As reported in the June-July'19 edition of NZCN, the New Plymouth District Council (NPDC), in partnership with EnviroNZ, Road Science and Downer, recently commenced a trial of the newly developed Plas Mix surfacing on part of New Plymouth's Liardet Street. With plastics collected from roadside recycling within the district included in the mix, the asphalt is being tested on a section of the road that is 90 m long (covering a 1255 cu m area), explains NPDC infrastructure manager David Langford. Downer partnered with the City of Adelaide to construct new pavement on Chatham Street in the ...
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| Australia on fire - Massive smoke clouds smother Sydney, cover NZ too
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 Updated 8am NZDT/6am AEDT --- Bush fires along eastern Australia flared up Thursday with a huge pulse of smoke and dust crossing the Tasman Sea, covering parts of New Zealand and smothering Sydney with thick smoke. Those suffering from asthma and allergies may be affected by the smoke in both Australia and NZ and closing doors and windows may help.
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| VIDEO: Smoke from Australia, a West Coast deluge and a Monday cool change
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 Our video this weekend is packed full of info as we track the raging Australian bush-fires and the huge smoke plume being generated across the Tasman Sea and parts of New Zealand. We're tracking the West Coast deluge as another 300mm+ is forecast for some areas with spillover into Lake Wanaka which is already flooding.
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| InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Wednesday / Thursday
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 A northwesterly airflow lies over the country today. A front within this flow pushes northwards over the South Island during the day and another may slide over Northland bringing unstable conditions. Northwesterlies conintue over New Zealand on Thursday.
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