Digital construction experts at DigiComm25

Posted on Monday 24 March, 2025

On Thursday 20 March in Tāmaki | Auckland almost 300 attendees gathered to learn about the latest in digital construction from around the globe at DigiComm25.

The one-day conference, run by the NZ Institute of Building, focused on ‘growing our global digital community’ and brought together a range of global and local speakers in the room and online.

The Institute’s CEO, Pamela Bell, remarked: “the buzz of so many optimistic people curious about digital-first and A.I. for design, construction and operations of the built environment is critical as we navigate a huge range of complex commercial and pipeline challenges.”

MentorMIX: Call for Mentors

Posted on Wednesday 05 March, 2025

After a highly successful pilot, MentorMIX is back for 2025, thanks to the support of GIB!

To start things off we are calling for anyone who is keen to participate as a mentor for this year’s programme.

The NZ Institute of Building is a pan-industry organization, meaning our members come from diverse backgrounds and roles. With the MentorMIX program, our mentees (Next Gen members who sign up) will have the opportunity to connect with a variety of mentors through both online and in-person sessions (location-dependent).

The idea behind MentorMIX is that we want people to be involved from across the sector to give our mentees an understanding of the range of roles and opportunities out there.

You don’t have to have all the answers to act as a mentor – just a perspective and your own experiences to share.

Member Spotlight: Emily Hall

Posted on Wednesday 05 March, 2025

Emily Hall is a Master of Architecture (Professional) student at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington and works part time as an Architectural Assistant at Designgroup Stapleton Elliott.

Emily was one of our Next Gen Winners in the 2024 Next Gen Awards. To enter the Next Gen Awards nominees had to submit their 'big idea' to shake up the industry.

Emily’s idea centred around designing and building modular living pods made from sustainable bio-based materials. She suggested these should be adaptable over time depending on the users needs, for example modules could be added when more space was needed and sold back to downsize. Her concept promotes circular processes and could be used to fix other problems such as potential disaster relief accommodation. She is exploring this idea further in her Master’s studies this year.

We asked Emily a few questions to get to know her better.

Welcome Back Bowls 2025 - Gordy's version

Posted on Friday 21 February, 2025

This February we held seven Welcome Back Bowls events around the motu with the support of CARTERS. 

According to all account this year's events were once again a great success and the teams had a fantastic time with the weather amazingly holding out for all seven!

Our Regional Committee members around the country worked to organise the events and keep things running smoothly for all those attending.

We had to share one particularly thorough and compellingly written report back from our Tāhuna | Queenstown event by our man on the ground: Gordy McGregor. 

Read Gordy's report.