Licensing inevitable consequence of leaky building crisis
The leaky building issue is one of those phenomenon you don’t wish on any industry, but some positive consequences resulted out of it, and...
Bog standard
They no longer make toilets in New Zealand. In fact, we don’t seem to manufacture very much at all anymore. We’d rather bring...
Volunteer building work in Fiji a ‘rewarding experience’
If New Zealand builders think they have problems dealing with climatic conditions at times and material supply worries in an overheated market such as...
Ashburton’s enduring clock tower
The next time you have cause to drive through Ashburton on State Highway 1 take a turn across the central rail line.
If driving south,...
Supplier of construction materials entitled to issue a payment claim for future works
By Tim Bates and Sabina Boyd, Legal Vision
In this month’s article we wish to review the High Court decision of NMHB Ltd v Concrete...
Security of payment — still on the agenda
As a result of submissions made to the Building Act Review by many in the industry, the Government has agreed to review the Construction...
Humble bach undergoes award-winning transformation
Ian McCully Builders Ltd’s renovation of a humble bach in Nelson was the winning entry in the PlaceMakers Renovation under $250,000 category in the...
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 ...
Why don’t politicians seem to understand the relevance and impact of our industry?
EasyBuild director and Building Today columnist Mike Fox wonders why, considering the construction industry’s significant contribution to New Zealand’s GDP, the industry continues to...
Voluntary contributions add strength to RMBF and to the industry
Over the past 30 years the unselfish contribution RMBF members make to our elite organisation — and to the industry as a whole —...