Impact of the Act No 4 Bill
The Building Act Amendment Bill No. 4 has been referred to the Local Government and Environment Select Committee, with submissions having closed on June...
The 4th Amendment
The No 3 amendment also introduced risk-based or step consenting, something which is designed to ensure the regulatory regime adopted by Building Consent Authorities...
Getting the industry framework right for the next 20 years
2006 is going to be a historical year for the building and construction industry. It will be the year in which the more detailed...
The many factors to achieve affordability
One of the fundamental factors affecting the price of housing is the availability and cost of land. The land component makes up 30% to...
Recognising the four-phase ‘Product Life Cycle’
Every product goes through what is called “the Product Life Cycle”. This concept helps marketers interpret product and market dynamics and to develop strategies...
Housing affordability — why it’s important to New Zealand
Registered Master Builders recently released a report to identify the cost of regulation on housing affordability. The report was prepared by BRANZ on our...
A credit to commercial construction
What a great night at the New Zealand Commercial Project Awards gala recently! The awards are now in their third year and have already...
Building Registered Master Builders for tomorrow
As well as leading and running a dynamic, professional and sustainable organisation today, one of our other main organisational responsibilities is ...
One year in the hot seat
It’s hard to believe that this issue of Building Today marks my one-year anniversary since joining the Registered Master Builders Federation! ...
Take a deeper look into the statistics
We are now midway through the year, and are we indeed starting to experience what we have been musing for some time now —...