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...
Cover pricing, its possible consequences and penalties
The Commerce Commission recently conducted a small number of qualitative interviews with commercial building contractors. It was interested in finding out if any...
Going green — second time around!
I was working in Federated Farmers in the early 1990s when the Resource Management Act was first being debated by the Government and industry...
RMBA ready to play part in taking industry forward
For the first time in New Zealand a couple of weeks ago, the construction industry held a conference where the whole of the industry...
Constructive Forum timing couldn’t have been more opportune
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...
2017 set to be a big year in political arena
2017 is set to be a big year in New Zealand politics. Prime Minister Bill English, who the Registered Master Builders Association hosted at...
Cowboys and self-certification
There was an interesting short flurry of media activity a couple of weeks ago after the release of the Task Force Report on what...
Consents and H1 — navigating the bumpy road ahead
RMBA chief executive David Kelly, along with other industry groups, has asked for a year’s extension to the transition period for the H1 Building...
LVR — more than just a risk to banks
The Reserve Bank’s Loan to Value Ratio (LVR) policy came into force on October 1. You will recall this is where no more than...
Do the numbers
The construction sector has been in the doldrums for the past few years. We have been struggling for work and things are generally getting...