Steelmakers urge more focus on commercial building, offices

Steelmakers urge more focus on commercial building, offices
Gavin Evans
The government needs to find ways to encourage private sector construction of commercial buildings and offices if it wants to maintain employment in the sector, Steel Construction New Zealand says. Infrastructure is a big focus of the government’s efforts to accelerate “shovel-ready” projects to maintain construction activity to help the economy’s post-covid recovery. While that initiative is applauded, the organisation said horizontal infrastructure – things like roads, bridges, water and rail – don’t employ as many trades or as many wor...

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