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Prices had hiked accordingly. Some steel products were up between 15 per cent and 21 per cent, concrete and cement products were up 7 per cent, and prices for decking, timber, and plywood were up between 6 and 20 per cent. NINE TO NOON/RNZ Shipping companies are charging more to get goods into and around the country due to delays at the log-jammed Ports of Auckland. “The group home builders are planning [months] ahead just to make sure they have the materials, it’s ballooned out.” Davmet, a niche exporter of chilled lamb in the Hawkes Bay, said frequent changes in shipping schedules,...

File photo. Photo: 123RF In Whangarei, builder Roland Mosley isn't having much luck planning ahead. He recently went to building supply store and asked for James Hardie products. James Hardie is the largest global supplier of fibre cement material but Mosley was told he would have to wait 15 to 20 weeks. "I think it's getting worse rather than better," he said. "It's really the first time that the Hardies, or various suppliers, have admitted that they've got this sort of delay. Normally you just order it and hope but now they're actually giving a timeline that is that far out." He said this ...

Commerce Commission to probe building materials sector: Grant Robertson 10 May, 2021 05:27 AM 4 minutes to read The Commerce Commission is to probe the construction supply sector. Photo / Jason Oxenham Watch: Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the Commerce Commission will investigate the building materials sector after its supermarket investigation. Speaking this morning to attendees at an event hosted by Deloitte and the BNZ at their offices at 80 Queen St in Auckland, Robertson indicated a strong political appetite to examine high building material costs. Robertson said...

• Source:  1 NEWS There are warnings New Zealand could be in for another leaky home crisis as a shortage of building materials leave some builders desperate and using any products they can get their hands on. Your playlist will load after this ad Some builders desperate for building materials are using any products they can get their hands on. Source: 1 NEWS One of the biggest victims of the leaky building crisis is Central Auck...

Supplied A $100m upgrade of Wellington’s Wakefield Hospital in Newtown is costing the owner, Vital Healthcare, much more than expected. Construction costs in have gotten so high that one company is considering contracting services out to Australia. Aaron Hockly, chief executive of NZX-listed Vital Healthcare, oversees 42 healthcare investment properties in Australia and New Zealand, including Wakefield Hospital in Wellington. The hospital is going through a $98 million upgrade, but cost blowouts have pushed the budget out to $114m. It would have cost $130m if the plans had not been trimm...