Stephen Dickens

Stephen was the former editor of Progressive Building magazine, New Zealand’s leading bi-monthly magazine for the building and construction industry.

Sadly Stephen passed away March 2019.

A Tip Top job

Projects | The administration building of Tip Top’s iconic Auckland factory has had a makeover. Progressive Building gets up close.

Review | A beautiful grand homestead is repaired, restored and reopened for business.

Awards | The programme rewards excellence in the New Zealand building profession and recognises individual performance.

News | A mock two-storey house built entirely out of shipping containers is used by the police for training.

Review | Michael Jones, a young Auckland builder, had a bright idea – then saw it through from concept to market.

Review | Kiwis are taking positive steps to improving the health of their homes.

Review | Seismic design: post-tensioned timber-framed buildings – a Kiwi innovation from the University of Canterbury.

News | The world’s tallest cross laminated timber (CLT) building is being built in Melbourne.

News | Four key priorities to lifting skills in the building industry by 2020 have been identified by the Productivity Partnership.

News | The impressive Hong-Kong-Zhuhai-Macau fixed-link project includes an immersed tunnel of almost seven kilometres.

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Review | Industry professionals are worried that substandard assessments of quake-damaged houses are a ticking time bomb.

Projects | This rebuild project in Christchurch will overlook Latimer Square, which has become a focus for post-quake activity.

Review | Seismic design: post-tensioned timber-framed buildings – a Kiwi innovation from the University of Canterbury.

Projects | A large commercial building project in Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter.

Projects | Australasia’s first fully certified passive house is being built in Auckland. Could this be the start of something good?