International contract secured in the tropics - February 2008

The New Zealand Government has awarded Leighs Construction Ltd the contract to design and construct its new Embassy and residence in Dili, Timor Leste.

Extreme Makeover: Inner City Christchurch - December 2007

Leighs Construction have recently completed a challenging regeneration project in central Christchurch.

Bomb disposal robot opens defense facility - November 2007

Leighs Construction recently completed the construction of the Emergency Ordinance Disposal (EOD) defense facility at Wigram Military Base in Canterbury for the New Zealand Defence Force.

NZ Post Project On Target For Timely Completion - November 2006

Work is progressing well on the $12 million New Zealand Post Mail Centre being built on the corner of Harewood and Orchard Rds, Christchurch.

Leighs Construction awarded Antarctic hat-trick - November 2006

For the third year in a row, Leighs Construction has been awarded a design-build contract in Antarctica. After creating the award-winning Hillary Field Centre and a laboratory at Arrival Heights, Leighs Construction will in the forthcoming summer upgrade the mess facilities for staff.

New York living comes to Christchurch - November 2006

There will be a taste of Manhattan in Christchurch soon with a landmark luxury apartment complex being built in Carlton Mill Road by Leighs Construction.

Cameras catch the cold - October 2006

Leighs Construction has supported greater awareness of Antarctica by sponsoring a photographic competition dedicated to capturing the cold.

 

New senior quantity surveyor for Leighs Construction - October 2006

 Leighs Construction has attracted Mike Knowles, one of Christchurch’s leading quantity surveyors, into its construction management team.

Leighs wins NZ Post rebuild - May 2006

Leighs Construction has won the major rebuild of the new NZ Post mail centre.

New project on the Ice - April 2006

Arrival Heights laboratory completed.

Antarctic Project Gives Leighs Clean Sweep in National Building Excellence Awards - August 2005

Leighs has scooped the Supreme Award, the Innovation Award and the category award for Projects Under $5 Million at the New Zealand Institute of Building Excellence Awards.

 

Hillary Field Centre Fact Sheet

Outlining the details of this challenging project

Leighs wins Canterbury Commercial Master Builder of the Year - July 2005

Best Practice Building Award - April 2005

Leighs Construction has added to its growing list of awards, with its selection for the 2005 BUILD Best Practice Building Award (Setting Out). 

 

Leighs chills out in Antarctica - December 2004

Sir Edmund Hillary opened the first stage of the warmstore building that bears his name, which was built by Leighs Construction as the New Zealand Antarctic programme's first private sector construction project.

 

Hallensteins building handover - December 2004

Leighs has handed over the Hallensteins ground floor concept store in Christchurch as the first phase in a major central city construction project

Tapping into Leighs' diversity - May 2004

Smail and Co commissions a 2500 sq m manufacturing facility with supporting showroom and office of precast concrete and structural steel.

Leighs leads SI construction - January 2004

Leighs Construction continues to cement its position as one of the South Island's leading construction companies with the awarding of first place in the 2003 Canterbury Master Builder Awards' Commercial Project under $1 million category.