Wilkinson, SPotangaroa, RCameron, RMitansha, MThomson, CNeilson, CJ2025-02-242025-02-242024Thomson, C and Neilson, C J (Eds). Proceedings of the 40th Annual ARCOM Conference, 2-4 September 2024, London, UK, Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 205-214. https://arcom.ac.uk/conf-archive-indexed.php9780995546387http://hdl.handle.net/10292/18762Disaster recovery requires strong construction organisations and resilient individuals. This paper examines construction organisational and individual resilience in the context of disaster response. The paper focusses on assessing how individuals and construction organisations respond to disasters. Through a case study methodology, assessing disaster response and recovery in New Zealand, the paper highlights major themes that must be considered when combining organisational and individual resilience to improve recovery outcomes. For organisations, that means having, for instance, adaptive plans, strong connections and supply chains, effective leadership, and adequate resources. For individuals, it includes resilience training, a focus on mental health, and developing ways of collaborating and communicating effectively. The main findings are that organisational and individuals can improve their resilience through focussing on resilience building processes and attributes that build resilience. These processes and mechanisms are influenced by the themes found in the current research. Based on different case studies, the paper identifies a broad spectrum of themes which integrates organisational and individual resilience. This will ultimately help in developing a foundation for creating a framework which can allow organisations to withstand and adapt to challenges whilst allowing individuals to enhance their resilience.© Association of Researchers in Construction Management. Authors of papers in these proceedings are authorised to use their own material freely.disaster response; individual resilience; New Zealand; organisational resilienceConference ContributionOpenAccess