Chaos in Construction: The Fall and Fall of NZ Structures

Concrete Structure Investigations (CSI) has written an opinion piece from the knowledge gained from the non- destructive testing (NDT) of concrete and steel structures throughout New Zealand, being involved in litigation in the industry, some of our team having backgrounds in Construction Management and building on-site, and independent research.

Through this experience we have identified the issues as pressure on construction companies, due in part to negative pricing from a few big players. There has also been changes in regulations in the construction industry, a lack of independent reviews, enormous costs associated with building materials, use of variations to make ends meet, lack of profitability driving a lack of training and career path, labour shortages, passing of risk to others (including sub-contractors) from end to end in the process; starting from the developer/government institution.

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