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Big Build

09 July 2020

Big Build is our quarterly publication tracking legislative and regulatory reform and other developments affecting the construction and infrastructure sector.

The contents in this issue of Big Build reflect the Government’s confidence that construction will be a key driver of the post-COVID economic recovery.

Items include:

  • planned changes to remedy some of the defects in the retentions scheme
  • budget initiatives relevant to the construction sector
  • legislation to progress the reform agenda agreed by the Construction Sector Accord
  • the Accord’s role in facilitating the Level 3 return to work
  • a new Government initiative to promote energy efficiency and carbon emissions reduction in the construction industry, and
  • the large stimulus in infrastructure spending, and the supporting changes to the Resource Management Act.

Read our latest issue of Big Build

Previous issues:

Big Build – April 2020

Big Build – January 2020

Big Build – September 2019

Big Build – June 2019

Big Build – March 2019

Big Build – December 2018

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