Time to get licensed
It has now been six months since the Government introduced a more streamlined approach to getting licensed if you already have one of the...
KiwiBuild — an ambitious and positive move
By RMBA chief executive David Kelly
The incoming Government has put housing and construction at the top of its priorities with the new $2 billion...
Patients, pupils, prisoners, provinces and poverty
By RMBA chief executive David Kelly
The headline might keep readers guessing about what my column is about. It may surprise some, but it is...
The demise of high-profile projects demands answers
The demise of certain large, high-profile construction projects was one of the talking points in the media in the second half of 2017.
Why did...
Constructive policies essential
As I write this column, caretaker Prime Minister Helen Clark is negotiating the terms of her third Labour-led Government with a number of the...
All change over the past six years
It has been almost six years since I joined Registered Master Builders and this will be my last article for Building Today. It seems...
Getting vaccinated the key to enabling our industry to operate at any alert level
Registered Master Builders Association chief executive David Kelly says vaccination is key to working towards a thriving sector free from the impacts of Covid-19...
Superbly strong year for the RMBF and industry
This month's column consists of the speech I gave at this year's House of the Year national gala dinner:
Welcome to you all...
2007 — a year of change
Change tends to go in waves - when you go through a long period of "status quo" and "this is the way we always...
Housing affordability — it can be fixed!
One of the recent, big public issues has centred around housing affordability, with nearly everyone jumping on the bandwagon and suggesting how it can...