NZ’s $2.5 billion shoddy building bill: how to fix the ‘build now, fix later’ culture
- Written by Mark Kirby, Construction Industry Consultant, Auckland University of Technology
Getty ImagesNew Zealand’s residential construction industry contributes roughly NZ$26 billion annually to the economy and employs around 70,000 workers. Yet despite its significance and scale, the sector’s productivity levels have flatlined since the mid-1980s.
In housing construction, “productivity” isn’t a simple...







