Understanding construction procurement in NZ

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By RMBA chief executive David Kelly   Recent high-profile failures of some of our largest construction companies have shone a light on poor procurement practice in...

The great housing debate

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It’s fair to say many of us were glad to see the back of 2020. But as we look to the year ahead, our...

Building capability – right across the industry

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In the past few weeks the Registered Master Builders’ Federation has decided to increase the depth of its management capability across two key areas...

‘All I want for Christmas!’

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For most of us in the construction industry we are charging towards Christmas 2005 at breakneck speed. In the past few years we have...

Why would you not want to be an RMB?

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When I am presenting to a group I am often asked what the benefits are of being a Registered Master Builder. Now I have...

Constructive Forum timing couldn’t have been more opportune

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By RMBA chief executive David Kelly   The timing of this year’s Constructive Forum couldn’t have been more opportune. Construction is firmly at the top of the...

Buildings for the 21st Century — a builder’s view?

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The Department of Building & Housing (DBH) has recently released a discussion document on a review of the New Zealand Building Code, seeking broad...

New construction forum — a first for New Zealand

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One of the issues that has been obvious for some time now is that the construction industry is not often good at working together...

Going green — second time around!

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I was working in Federated Farmers in the early 1990s when the Resource Management Act was first being debated by the Government and industry...

Cover pricing, its possible consequences and penalties

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The Commerce Commission recently conducted a small number of qualitative interviews with commercial building contractors. It was interested in finding out if any...