Engineering firm steps up: Babbage Consultants Ltd
Working throughout the South Island, Babbage Consultants provides technical expertise and tailored consultancy services in engineering, architecture and project management. Babbage delivers structural, geotechnical, civil and building services, engineering design, as well as building surveying and ecology reporting services. They regularly work on commercial and industrial building refits, alterations, strengthening […]
A garden you can eat
The Garden City will soon become an edible garden city with construction of the Ōtākaro Orchard back underway. The orchard will include a food forest, an edible garden, educational and event spaces, a local food information centre, an outdoor amphitheatre, dome greenhouse and a café. After construction commenced in June […]
Courting change in the central city
Design work is underway for the new central city home of The Court Theatre, signalling welcome progress for an anchor project outlined in the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan. Local Athfield Architects have been chosen by Christchurch City Council and The Court Theatre to undertake the project and have revealed they’ll […]
The plastering professionals: Proudfoot Plastering
With spring just around the corner, now is the perfect time to start ticking off all those maintenance tasks around your home and property. If you have any plastering jobs on your list, the award-winning team at Greg Proudfoot Plastering Ltd, are the specialists when it comes to a range […]
Architectural winners revealed
The people spoke when the Christchurch Town Hall was mooted for demolition post-quakes, and it was saved. Now, after substantial restoration, the judges of the Canterbury Architectural Awards have also spoken – and the heritage building has been crowned an architectural winner. The public building, built in 1972, took out […]
Exceptional in Otago: Ferguson Builders
It’s been a whirlwind of change over the past four years for Ferguson Builders of Queenstown. Since moving to Central Otago, Rob and Mel Ferguson have seized all the opportunities the area has offered to grow and expand their company. “When we first moved here and began building, our team […]









