Revolutionary design opens up use of marginal land.
Babbage Consultants have devised an innovative alternative system for building foundations allowing multi-storey construction on marginal land sites.... Find Out More
Happy 2018!
Babbage wishes you all a prosperous 2018.... Find Out More
New Auckland canning plant beats the challenges.
Babbage engineers and project managers overcame a suite of challenges to get Synlait’s new infant formula blending and canning plant operating on... Find Out More
Who pays the bill?
Our lead Building Surveyor Gérard Ball was recently asked to comment for Stuff news website on the realities of who picks up the bill when multiple... Find Out More
Engineering the glamour.
They’re the engineers behind the glamour - the masters of the possible who made an acclaimed luxury vehicle showroom become a reality.... Find Out More
SugarTree offers pick of sweet store spaces.
The Pastry House had just a three-week window for its refrigeration room to be gutted, rebuilt and new environmentally-friendly freezers to be... Find Out More
Getting through a tight window.
Amazing spaces - school’s state of the art gym.
Amazing spaces - school’s state of the art gym... Find Out More
Retail centre is an award-winner.
The Whangaparaoa Retail Centre has won its category at the New Zealand Property Council awards... Find Out More
Benefits of cavity taken for granted.
The unassuming weatherboard home has a lot going for it. Among the advantages of the age-old New Zealand home construction method is the humble... Find Out More
Tapping into the Chinese solution.
A high-level delegation to China is looking at how Chinese companies can help New Zealand develop its infrastructure.... Find Out More
Saving the soul.
Conservation isn’t always about saving the fabric of a building. As the Old Homestead community house in Auckland’s Point Chevalier shows, it’s also... Find Out More
Beating the flood zone.
Babbage engineers have conquered a significant flood zone in their design for the New World supermarket in Papakura.... Find Out More
Saving our heritage.
New Zealanders wanting to preserve heritage buildings face special challenges, especially compared to the conservation of buildings in Europe.... Find Out More
Babbage Pioneers: Christchurch Innovations.
Babbage engineers have brought a raft of pioneering innovations to the new BNZ Centre in Christchurch.... Find Out More
Mission Possible - Cyclone proof houses in Tonga.
Babbage and a small team of staff have been on a mission in Tonga - building cyclone-resistant houses ahead of the new cyclone season.... Find Out More
Property Report: Watergate: the rot continues.
As many as 90 per cent of standalone leaky homes are likely still rotting.... Find Out More
Spotlight on retail as clients sold on mixed use.
Babbage is facing increasing demand for retail and mixed-use projects, following the success of a major site development in Whangaparaoa.... Find Out More
Planning Ahead.
With the final version of the Auckland Unitary Plan looming and demand growing, Babbage has added two more experts to its planning team.... Find Out More
High-Speed Water On Tap At Bayer Plant.
Babbage has project-managed a major expansion of Bayer Animal Health’s Manukau site, bringing the $3 million development in on time, under budget,... Find Out More
Waiting for green build tipping point.
The owners and occupiers of green buildings can benefit in a variety of ways, from lower operating costs, better marketability and longer-term... Find Out More
Building a crisis worse than leaky homes.
Take a building inspector through the soon-to-be city of Flat Bush in Auckland's south-east, and watch his hackles rise.... Find Out More
Malcolm Stapleton - Babbage chairman.
Malcolm Stapleton is the new chairman of the Babbage board of directors. He was appointed at the annual general meeting on Friday 23 September, and... Find Out More
Babbage a leader in Maori housing design.
Babbage has become a leader in designing housing for iwi and hapu in the Bay of Plenty, through its work is on Papakainga Housing.... Find Out More
Opportunities with Babbage.
Babbage Consultants are continually looking to add new talent to our pool of skilled Architects, Technicians, Engineers and Consultants. We have... Find Out More
Babbage working in Melbourne.
Babbage are very excited about the establishment of our new office in Australia on Melbourne's Southbank. This office has been specifically set up to... Find Out More
Babbage loses a Great.
It is with great sadness that we express our sympathy in the passing of Ken Shores.... Find Out More
Babbage Architecture School design setting the TRENDS.
Babbage worked with the City Impact Church to develop new modern and flexible learning spaces in their school, and the TRENDS Commercial Design... Find Out More
NBR Eco Business insert features Babbage Consultants.
Babbage Consultants were invited to comment on sustainability within business in the latest NBR Eco Business feature.... Find Out More
Financial Assistance Package - 2016 Update.
The government has agreed that claimants who have not yet been issued with a ‘notice to proceed’ but who are substantially advanced with their claim... Find Out More
Fonterra Lichfield Milk Powder Expansion project in full gear.
The Lichfield powder expansion is a hive of activity, as over 600 builders and contractors work towards its completion ready for first milk in August... Find Out More
McKay Knarston joins Babbage.
We warmly welcome all of the McKay Knarston team into the Babbage Group and look forward to collaborating with them to provide an enhanced service to... Find Out More
Scientist confirms sighting of rare skink.
Dylan van Winkel a lead scientist in Babbage’s Bioresearches team was requested to confirm a sighting of an extremely rare species of striped skink... Find Out More
Asbestos safety regulations - get our advice.
Regulations around the control and management of Asbestos containing materials are changing and will be in effect from April 2016. Learn about what... Find Out More
Babbage - Partners in Education Excellence.
Babbage Consultants will be offering a new scholarship for senior engineering students at Auckland University's Civil and Environmental Engineering ... Find Out More
Retirement village still a top investment.
Knightsbridge Retirement Village, in Mairangi Bay on Auckland's North Shore, was an exemplar at the time of its conception in 1999. ... Find Out More
Asbestos - Your obligations.
Making a material difference.
Babbage Consultants Building Surveying team is experienced in the investigation and reporting on a wide range of complex building defects, using... Find Out More
Babbage finalists in Westpac Waikato Business Excellence Awards.
The Babbage Project Management team based out of our Hamilton Office were announced as finalists in the Westpac Waikato Business Excellence Awards in... Find Out More
When Diligence is due.
For someone considering buying a commercial property Technical Due Diligence is perhaps the most important step in the pre-purchase process. Babbage... Find Out More
Bioresearches showcase Adaptive Management approach.
Bioresearches Group marine ecologist, Dr Jacqui Bell recently joined delegates from across Australasia at the Coasts & Ports Conference, held in... Find Out More
Supporting good causes.
The Babbage Auckland team don their loudest and proudest shirts for charity fundraiser LOUD Shirt Day 2015.... Find Out More
Improving workplace recycling solutions.
Battery recycling at Babbage Consultants has had greater uptake with an improved system and visibility in place. We're proud at Babbage to be... Find Out More
Providing structural design for award winning homes.
Four new build executive houses, that our team provided the structural engineering for, took out high accolades in the Canterbury Region 2015 Master... Find Out More
Building quality - we need to be vigilant.
Recent reports from Local Council show continued issues with construction quality. We outline some of the ways you can ensure the standard of... Find Out More
Babbage acquire Bioresearches Group Limited.
We warmly welcome all of the Bioresearches team into the Babbage Family and look forward to collaborating with them to provide an enhanced service to... Find Out More
Babbage changing of the guards.
There has been a changing of the guard in the Babbage Principal team, with Tony Stack-Forsyth having officially retired from Principal shareholding... Find Out More
Babbage developing top-class learning facilities.
Architecture team continue to build on educational strength ... Find Out More
Dairy Goat drier open for business.
PM officially opens the new $70M Babbage managed project... Find Out More
Babbage expert evidence key.
Babbage expert evidence may establish a precedent... Find Out More
Carbon accounting.
Being ahead of the game... Find Out More
Notice something a little different?
With the help of Fuse Creative and Labyrinth Solutions we've just launched a brand new website.... Find Out More