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‘Huge risk to swap out proprietary screws’
With the recent surge of various screws designs and applications appearing on building sites, building inspectors understandably find it very difficult to police the...
New earthquake-proof building technology live test a success
AUT’s Built Environment Engineering (BEE) Lab has tested a new earthquake proofing brace system, designed to not only dissipate the force of an earthquake...
Back In Time
20 years ago — May 1999
• The BCITO’s new system for theory training was explained to a meeting of polytechnic representatives to clear the...
Back In Time
20 years ago — March 1999:
• Skill New Zealand, the new identity for the Education Training and Support Agency (ETSA), formally approved the new...
Building a single, unified information resource
It’s becoming apparent that to compete we all need to work smarter. Our goal must be to build “right first time”, compliant with Building...
Trusty clamp is rock steady
Do you need a clamp you can trust to hold objects steady while you get on with the job?
Irwin’s Quick-Grip XP600 is a one-handed...
The smoothest finish
The Challenge: To be a successful Drywall Finisher, you need to work as efficiently as possible to ensure you can complete jobs perfectly and...
Get the perfect edge
The Challenge: Every building and every room has edges and corners that need finishing off correctly to get the “Perfect Edge”.
The Risk:...
Death to dust!
Take no risks:
It doesn’t matter where you work — dust occurs everywhere. Construction work can produce silica dust. Exposure to silica dust is dangerous...