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Artificial intelligence to offer a helping hand?
Robotics

Artificial intelligence to offer a helping hand?

Safer sites and faster project delivery could follow if new technology cuts errors and lifts productivity across New Zealand construction.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Tue, 25th Apr 2017
Safer, swifter and more productive workplace ladders
Productivity

Safer, swifter and more productive workplace ladders

Falls and productivity losses could ease as United Forklift and Access Solutions introduces a lighter ladder alternative for crowded worksites.

By Geoff • 3 min read • Sun, 9th Apr 2017
A standing ovation for a theatre renovation
Sustainability

A standing ovation for a theatre renovation

After the Canterbury earthquakes, the Isaac Theatre Royal was painstakingly rebuilt for NZ$40 million and reopened with major awards.

By Staff Writer • 12 min read • Wed, 5th Apr 2017
CRL project to open up huge employment opportunities
Education, Learning & Training

CRL project to open up huge employment opportunities

About 1,600 workers could be needed at peak on Auckland's City Rail Link, with hundreds of openings for people new to work or unemployed.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Apr 2017
New way to remediate aging infrastructure
Construction

New way to remediate aging infrastructure

A culvert under State Highway 58 was repaired in under two weeks, avoiding lane closures and saving thousands of dollars for New Zealand road users.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 20th Mar 2017
Construction industry feeling the strain
Supply Chain

Construction industry feeling the strain

Labour shortages, pricier materials and tighter credit are threatening to slow New Zealand's $37 billion building pipeline.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Wed, 22nd Feb 2017
Largest City Rail Link tender process gets underway
Auckland Transport

Largest City Rail Link tender process gets underway

Auckland commuters could gain a faster cross-city link as the project’s first major tunnel and station contracts are now being sought.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 21st Feb 2017
UC cuts to the Core of future engineering
Unified Communications

UC cuts to the Core of future engineering

Students at Canterbury will get new social and flexible learning spaces as the USD $144 million engineering overhaul opens its central hub.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 16th Feb 2017
Billion-dollar sports stadium gets new roof
NFL

Billion-dollar sports stadium gets new roof

Crane crews are using a single-hoist system to place 385,000kg of roof steel more safely and precisely on Atlanta’s new stadium.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 8th Feb 2017
cnPilot WiFi Technical Workshops hosted by Cambium Networks
Supply Chain

cnPilot WiFi Technical Workshops hosted by Cambium Networks

Cambium Networks invites you to get involved and in the know about the latest WiFI news this month coming to a distributor's office near you.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 7th Feb 2017
Tender process begins for largest part of CRL project
Auckland Council

Tender process begins for largest part of CRL project

Auckland's underground rail link has moved closer to construction, with expressions of interest sought for tunnels, stations and rail systems.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 2nd Feb 2017
University makes plans for long term development
Unified Communications

University makes plans for long term development

Earthquake recovery is largely complete as the university outlines a 30-year campus blueprint, with key projects due by 2018.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2017
Summit promotes the benefits of green cities
Smart Cities

Summit promotes the benefits of green cities

Green building could lift investment returns and productivity, with New Zealand's property sector warned it must cut emissions as cities grow.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Jan 2017
Fund to help make Wellington’s buildings safer
Risk & Compliance

Fund to help make Wellington’s buildings safer

Owners of vulnerable Wellington buildings will get help with costly earthquake safety work, with a NZD $3 million fund set up by government.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 25th Jan 2017

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DNA Connect adds PacketLight optical networking to portfolio
Optical Networking

DNA Connect adds PacketLight optical networking to portfolio

DNA Connect has inked a deal to add optical networking vendor PacketLight Networks to its connectivity portfolio locally.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Apr 2017
Cambium Networks goes massive with first-of-its-kind tech
Unified Communications

Cambium Networks goes massive with first-of-its-kind tech

Cloud-based services and higher capacity Service Level Agreements have driven the need for a new solution. Enter Cambium.

By Sean Mitchell • 1 min read • Fri, 31st Mar 2017
The cloud tool that is transforming the construction sector
Document Management

The cloud tool that is transforming the construction sector

Revolutionary Aussie cloud platform Aconex streamlines construction chaos, propelling tech uptake in the global build sector.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Wed, 5th Oct 2016

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