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Awards 2024

Congratulations to our winners!

The awards evening took place on 30 August at the Viaduct Event Centre in Tāmaki | Auckland. 

Read about the winners and view photos from the night. 

LATEST NEWS

BIMinNZ Conference opening speaker confirmed

Posted on Friday 11 June, 2021

New York Times bestselling author Shawn Achor has been confirmed as opening speaker at the BIMinNZ Conference in Wellington on 10 March 2022. Shawn’s interest in how collective performance gains of individuals contribute to an elevated eco-system performance, fits in well with the BIMinNZ Conference theme, Building our Digital Community.

Building Legends Workshop: Construction Planning (with Warren Hollings)

Posted on Friday 28 May, 2021

The NZIOB is pleased to announce we are re-running Warren Holling’s ‘Construction Management’ workshop in Auckland in July/August this year. This workshop was first run in late 2018 and early 2019, with every session sold-out.

Northland Branch Site Visit: The Hundertwasser Art Centre

Posted on Friday 28 May, 2021

More than 20 years after inception, the Hundertwasser Art Centre with Wairau Maori Art Gallery project is now in the final pre-construction stages. Join the NZIOB Northland Branch Committee as they take a look through the site and view its progress.

Welcome to our new Members

Posted on Friday 28 May, 2021

The NZIOB welcomes its newest members, who had their memberships ratified by the NZIOB Board on 17 May. NZIOB members have opportunities to make professional contacts, advance their careers and business, gain knowledge at exclusive events, and help shape the industry.

Southern Region Site Visit to Concision

Posted on Friday 28 May, 2021

On 20 May, the NZIOB Southern Region Committee hosted a student-only site tour of Concision's off-site manufacturing facility. The Concision team arranged for a series of short presentations from their employees, who gave a thorough explanation of the process behind, and benefits of, pre-fabrication and off-site manufacturing.

Northern Region Supply Chain Event

Posted on Friday 28 May, 2021

On 20 May, the NZIOB Northern Region hosted an event in which four leading construction supply businesses – Firth, Steel & Tube, Viridian Glass, and PlaceMakers – discussed how they are navigating their way through current issues with the construction material supply chain.

NZIOB Kalmar Fishing Competition results

Posted on Friday 14 May, 2021

Despite a change of date due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, almost 200 fishermen and women turned out for the annual NZIOB Kalmar Fishing Competition. Lots of fish were pulled in, and some of them were whoppers!

Southern Region Quiz Night

Posted on Friday 14 May, 2021

The Southern Region Committee hosted their annual quiz night on Wednesday, 12 May at The Welles in Christchurch’s CBD. The sold-out event was a great success, with teams from across the construction sector coming together for some friendly, and at times intense, competition.

Central Region site visit of Sunset West Apartments

Posted on Friday 14 May, 2021

The NZIOB Central Region Committee hosted a site visit to Sunset West Apartments in Te Aro Wellington on Tuesday, 11 May. This high-profile building is the first major project for Aoraki Construction, with interest in the striking building design and the new construction company contributing to a well-attended site visit event.

NZIOB student events

Posted on Friday 14 May, 2021

NZIOB Student Members are being well catered for, with a recently completed welcome BBQ at Massey University in Auckland, and an upcoming site visit at Concision’s off-site manufacturing facility in Christchurch.

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