NEWS
Chief Executive's Upfront
National Infrastructure Plan Consensus – Building Beyond the Electoral Cycle
In a February 2026 Upfront column, I welcomed the development of New Zealand's first 30-year National Infrastructure Plan as an important opportunity to move beyond the stop-start approach that has characterised infrastructure investment for decades. Since then, something equally significant has emerged: the Plan has attracted broad bipartisan support from the vast majority of New Zealand's political parties.
Concrete NZ Associate Membership Rationalisation: Simplicity and Clarity
Concrete NZ is streamlining its Associate membership structure to better reflect today’s integrated industry - delivering a simpler, clearer framework aligned with how members engage now and into the future. Following recent Board discussions and enabled by updates to the Concrete NZ Rules, a rationalised Associate membership structure is now being implemented - focused on simplicity, clarity and future relevance.
Chief Executive's Upfront
Concrete NZ Welcomes Cross-Industry Momentum on Decarbonisation
Concrete NZ welcomes the Sustainable Steel Council’s new roadmap which outlines the steel industry’s pathway to net-zero emissions by 2050, as another positive step for the construction and infrastructure ecosystem. The steel industry roadmap reflects alignment across the built environment on the importance of co-ordinated, long-term emissions reduction strategies, and I commend the Sustainable Steel Council.