Report on financial assistance package due next month
Parliament’s Local Government and Environment Select Committee is due to present a final report to Parliament on the Weathertight Homes Resolution Service (Financial Assistance...
New Zealand’s premier properties announced
A superbly renovated four-bedroom family home in Karori, Wellington, and the newly built Columba College's sports centre in Dunedin took out top accolades at...
Consumers want a competent, accountable workforce
Consumers are already aware of changes to the construction sector which allow building practitioners to be licensed as a mark of their professionalism and...
Tendering — delight and dismay
Strategy in tendering should include two issues closely linked to success. Well before each bid document is written these issues should be studied with...
Leaky homes remediation a legal minefield
A recent survey by web site www.leakyhomeforum.co.nz of leaky home remediation specialists has uncovered evidence of inconsistencies that are complicating the leaky home problem.
The...
Tackling the high costs of Sydney housing
New Zealand’s, and particularly Auckland’s, housing affordability issue is also a problem across the Tasman, with the City of Sydney seeking answers to the...
Good communication essential in busy times
During the construction boom, good communication is the key to delivering a successful project, registered architect and Te Kahui Whaihanga president Judi Keith-Brown writes.In...
Standard revised for thermal insulation
Standards New Zealand has published a revised Standard specifying Thermal insulation – Housing and small buildings, NZS 4218:2009, which supersedes NZS 4218:2004. NZS...
RMB knows good apprentice when he sees one
Kevin Garrity of Edinbridge Resources in Tauranga certainly knows a good apprentice when he sees one.
For the past four years one of his apprentices...
Institute aims to promote quality buildings
The Claddings Institute of New Zealand is a nonprofi t organisation established in 1991 to focus collective resources to promote quality performance of building...