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June 2025 Market Report – NZ Construction & Property Sector

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56% Insurance Savings Unlocked – Thanks to a Timely Rebuild Valuation

When an industrial property owner was hit with a massive insurance premium increase, they turned to us for help. What followed was a textbook case of how an accurate rebuild valuation can change everything.

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Podcast Episode #8 | Calculating Your Property's Sum Insured & BEYOND THE BUILD Broker Event

We're excited to have Travis Atkinson from Insurance Advisernet New Zealand join us as the first guest on our podcast.

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Podcast Episode #7 | How Our Tech-enabled (C3IQ) Rebuild Valuation Process is so Accurate

Brett and Andy discuss how our innovative technology underpins our rebuild valuation process in our latest podcast.

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Podcast Episode #6 | Our Technology Journey and Its Importance at Claim Time

From simple spreadsheets to sophisticated solutions, Andy and Brett discuss our journey of developing tech that tackles New Zealand's widespread underinsurance problem.

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Podcast Episode #5 | Misconceptions: Sum Insured, House Insurance & Online Calculators

Andy and Jackie sit down to tackle these questions and dispel the misconceptions they hear every day about sum insured and house insurance.

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Podcast Episode #4 | Construction Cost Consultants' Journey

Watch as Andy talks us through how he started Construction Cost Consultants.

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Podcast Episode #3 | Andy’s Perspective on the Changing Landscape of Construction Costs

Industry experts Andy Thomson and Brett Parekura sit down again to explore these questions, offer valuable insights for developers and examine what current market data, as analysed by Construction Cost Consultants, can tell us about the future.

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Podcast Episode #2 | Why Are Accurate Rebuild Valuations Important for Insurance?

Andy Thomson and Brett Parekura discuss how construction costs and insurance have changed and how Andy's experiences in Christchurch influenced Construction Cost Consultants.

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Podcast Episode #1 | How Economic Recessions Impact Construction Budgets

Andy Thomson and Brett Parekura sit down to discuss pressing questions regarding Economic Recessions.

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Is Your Sum Insured Valuation Accurate?

In this article, we’ll be looking at the impacts of these pressures on brokers and how to avoid the consequences of rushed and inaccurate sum insured valuations.

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Tornado leaves family battered, homeless and caught in the system

We’ve all heard of the terrifying power of nature, but few comprehend the terror and impotence a person feels when nature strikes—the roar of pure, unstoppable fury that freezes time and movement, stripping away and shattering in seconds everything you have built and worked for; everything you love.

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Brokers are being urged to address compounding inflation in Insurance Valuations

Construction Cost Consultants are finding numerous occasions where registered valuers are applying very high inflation rates, which compound as the years roll on, leading to unrealistic and unnecessary premiums for property owners.