December 2005 Issue

New Zealand’s civil contractors have welcomed the formation of New Zealand’s next government, and congratulate the incoming Ministers across the three coalition partners. Civil Contractors […]

One of New Zealand’s — and the world’s — biggest wood processors celebrated two major milestones recently — Nelson Pine Industries Ltd’s 21st birthday coincided […]

A major boost for sustainability in new and existing buildings in this country looks certain to eventuate with the establishment of a New Zealand Green […]

Developers of Queenstown’s newest hotel, hospitality and retail centre, The Sofitel, have unzipped an eye-popping Christmas theme in the men’s loos. Bringing new meaning to […]

The DeWalt Ford Challenge was decided in a nail-biting grand final at the Big Boys Toys expo in Auckland recently, with wildcard Boyd Stewart the […]

Department of Building and Housing chief executive Katrina Bach has told Parliament’s social services select committee that leaky building claims to the service could take […]

We have examined several business principles and if you have managed to address and apply all the issues and recommendations in those previous articles, congratulations. […]

The High Court in Volcanic Investments Limited1 v Dempsey & Wood Civil Contractors Ltd has signalled a departure from the conservative approach of the court […]

Charlemagne’s imperial Palatine Chapel at Aachen, Germany, is perhaps the single greatest example left to us of the cultural renaissance that swept Western Europe in […]

2005 has been a busy year for the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) which has continued to meet industry demands for skilled workers, […]

Kevin Atkinson has been appointed general manager of leading developing company Generation Developments. Mr Atkinson’s experience lies in finance and property management, and he’s looking […]

As every tradesman will know, the process of turning a job into profit can be as laborious as the job itself, with so much time […]

I don’t know about you but I have this feeling that, no matter how high the price of fuel goes, or how short the world […]

There are defi ning times in the life of any organisation and the RMBF has just experienced one. 2005 will be remembered as the year […]

If New Zealand builders think they have problems dealing with climatic conditions at times and material supply worries in an overheated market such as New […]

Greymouth builder Chris Yeats became a twotime National Winner at the Registered Master Builders PlaceMakers 2005 Commercial Awards for a challenging building project in a […]

For most of us in the construction industry we are charging towards Christmas 2005 at breakneck speed. In the past few years we have benefi […]