This book presents the proceedings of the 8th New Zealand Built Environment Research Symposium (NZBERS 2025). It covers sustainability, energy, resilience, digital technology, contracts, policy and governance, inclusivity, and wellbeing in the built environment. The contributions include theoretical and empirical research, data-driven analyses, case studies and industry-focused studies. The book is intended for researchers, academics and postgraduate students in built-environment disciplines, as well as practitioners and policymakers.

Dr V. Vishnupriya is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Curtin University, Australia. She holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Her academic and research experience spans mechanical engineering, the built environment, sustainability and building performance. She has contributed to multidisciplinary and industry-supported research projects and has served as a Guest Editor for international journals.

Dr Wajiha Mohsin Shahzad is a Senior Lecturer in Construction Management and Postgraduate Lead for the School of Built Environment at Massey University, New Zealand. She leads the Future Materials Technologies in Built Environment research group and is President of the New Zealand Built Environment Research Symposium. Her research focuses on offsite construction, modern methods of construction, construction innovation, construction productivity and sustainable transformation in the construction industry.

Dr Eziaku Onyeizu Rasheed is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Built Environment at the College of Science, Massey University. Her research focuses on building performance evaluation, sustainable and resilient buildings, occupant wellbeing, climate-responsive design and post-occupancy evaluation. Her work links building science, occupant behaviour, energy efficiency and sustainability, including research on green buildings, indoor environmental quality, sustainable facilities management and digitalised post-occupancy evaluation systems.

Prof James Olabode Bamidele Rotimi is Professor of Construction Economics and Management at the School of Built Environment, Massey University, New Zealand. He has qualifications in Building, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Commerce and Education and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building and a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the New Zealand Institute of Building. His research focuses on construction-industry performance, supply-chain integration and construction and project delivery. He has tertiary teaching and research experience in Nigeria, the UK, South Africa and New Zealand, as well as construction-industry experience. He is the Founding Editor of the International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management.