Constructive the driver for major industry change
By RMBA chief executive David Kelly
This month we held our fourth Constructive Forum. We...
Celebrating a better built New Zealand with Commercial Project Awards
The search is on for New Zealand’s best commercial building project, as entries open for the 2020 New Zealand Commercial Project Awards.
New Zealand’s top 100 homes announced
After lengthy deliberation, the Top 100 National Finalists have been announced for the Registered Master Builders 2019 House of the Year competition.
The next step
By RMBA president Darrell Trigg
I recently spent some time with a builder who has...
Early innovation
By Architect Don Bunting
It might be hard to imagine what Vlad Peles — also...
New awards to celebrate innovation in the sector
By RMBA CEO David Kelly
I think, unfairly, the perception of the construction sector is...
Recognising resignations . . .
Tradie HR director Leigh Olsen has some helpful advice for business owners and managers in dealing with staff resignations in a professional...
Moderation and timing needed to save the planet
Terry Sage of Trades Coaching New Zealand, despite risking being placed on a Greenpeace hitlist, points out the downsides to a couple...
Power to the people
Architect Don Bunting muses about power usage and the planet.John Lennon’s 1971 song Power to the People was an impassioned cry for...
When does innocent representation become actionable misrepresentation?
Timothy Bates of Auckland law firm Legal Vision examines a case concerning the purchase of a leaky unit that invoked clauses in...