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Lessons from across the ditch in building better

New Zealand builders and designers are being urged to speed up digital skills and sustainability plans as cost and talent pressures persist.

By Staff Writer • 7 min read • Mon, 6th May 2024

Sustainability

Steel awards showcase strength and innovation

More than 200 industry leaders gathered in Nelson as judges pared 56 entries to 21 finalists for steel projects spanning bridges, sculpture and transport.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Sat, 5th Nov 2022

Hybrid & Remote Work

COVID-19 proved we can solve homelessness

Lockdown housing for the homeless highlighted how policy, modular building and state spending could curb New Zealand’s affordability crisis.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Wed, 14th Apr 2021

NZTA

$290m northern motorway opens

Temporary speed limits will apply as the Christchurch Northern Corridor opens partly ahead of full use in mid December.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Sun, 29th Nov 2020

Customer Experience

Sydney to construct new world-class airport

The $5.3 billion project will ease pressure on Sydney’s aviation network, with earthworks due to begin next year at Badgerys Creek.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 3rd Dec 2019

Smart Cities

Are vertical villages the future?

With 2.5 billion more people heading for cities, planners are eyeing stacked mixed-use towers as a way to save space and build community.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Mon, 4th Nov 2019

Transpower

A summit to promote diversity in senior leadership

Women remain under-represented in senior roles, prompting the sector to back a summit aimed at widening the leadership pipeline.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 12th Jun 2018

Social Media

Engineers and architects confront their gender problem

Nearly 40 organisations have backed a push to lift women’s representation in New Zealand engineering and architecture by 20 percent by 2021.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Sun, 15th Apr 2018

Energy efficient

CRL project wins another top sustainability rating

Embedding Māori cultural values has helped the Auckland rail project secure only the second top sustainability rating awarded in New Zealand.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 5th Apr 2017

Global Stories

Aurecon stories

Software-as-a-Service

Ramco deploys payroll platform for Aurecon across Asia

Payroll errors and delays should ease for Aurecon after it replaced local systems with Ramco's managed service across seven Asian markets.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Asia-Pacific recruiters lean on AI as job race intensifies

Asia-Pacific recruiters ramp up AI hiring tools as applications surge, talent stays scarce and employers push for faster, fairer decisions.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Feb 2026

Digital Transformation

SnapLogic unveils next-gen API management with advanced tools

SnapLogic unveils a revamped API management solution to help businesses boost security, governance and simplify integration with agentic architecture support.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Tue, 22nd Apr 2025

Clean technologies

Louise Adams appointed CEO of Aurecon from July 2025

Louise Adams has been appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of Aurecon, making history as the first female to hold the position from 1 July 2025.

By Moritz Florian • 3 min read • Wed, 19th Feb 2025

Unified Communications

SEEK unifies systems with Workday for streamlined growth

SEEK has adopted Workday Financials and HCM to unify operations across Australia, New Zealand and Asia, enhancing data-driven collaboration.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 17th Oct 2024

Fintech

Workday unveils strategic new products, customer win and appointment for APAC operations

Workday unveils new financial and HR cloud innovations, names David Webster president for APAC, and secures Aurecon as its first engineering customer in ANZ.

By Kai Ping Lew • 4 min read • Fri, 18th Oct 2019