The government’s announcement of an $11 billion investment in infrastructure signals the need for recruiting more quality workers into the industry a leading training organisation advises – particularly women New Zealand’s infrastructure industry is already short of skilled staff, with a prediction of 25,000 more workers required to meet industry demand over the next three years. Continue →

The government’s $11 billion infrastructure investment is a great opportunity to develop and train the workforce, industry leaders believe Civil Contractors New Zealand (CCNZ) President Brian Warren says that the sector has the capacity and availability to undertake the increased work that will result from the increased government investment. Continue →

We live in an era of dramatic, improbable events that adversely affect the economy, the environment, the fate of household name companies and people’s welfare and health, observes software marketing professional Gordon McKeown  Or at least they seem improbable until they hurl themselves violently upon us from the shadows of our agreeable ignorance. Continue →

Ten points make the most of conjoined tendering environments, according to Donna Smithies and Caroline Boot of specialist tender writing company Plan A The recent news that Downer EDI has acquired Hawkins Group is the latest in several mergers and acquisitions amongst civil contracting companies in the last few years. Continue →

Category management seems to be the procurement buzzword of the day. Continue →

The 15-year regeneration of the defence estate provides an example of effective investment management that other public agencies should replicate, says Stephen Selwood CEO of the New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development (NZCID). Continue →

The biggest threat to health, safety – and to living a fulfilled life- is the inability to be in the moment within the complex world we live in. Continue →

Women’s participation increases and that of men decreases. Interestingly enough men are participating less, with male participation at 74.4 percent this year compared with 80.1 percent in 1986 . Continue →

More impermanent workers, risks associated with startups, superfluous space, aversion to long-term leases, fit-out costs, demand for time and space flexibility, cost of office space, and requirement for collaboration are factors contributing to the growth of flexible and shared office space. Continue →