February 2014 Issue

Popular TV personalities Pete and Andy Walker have climbed on board the Hirepool wagon. They’re the stars of the company’s new 30 second television commercial […]

The latest residential building consent figures released recently confirmed the growth that occurred in November 2013 carried on in December 2013. The 2013 year ended […]

PlaceMakers is due to open the doors on a newly built store in Whangarei in the spring of this year — a 6000 sq m […]

A new survey suggesting New Zealand’s houses are more unaffordable than those in London or Los Angeles reiterates the need for urgent attention from central […]

Findings show homes with variations in the stiffness of the bracing systems performed poorly A key research project to help improve the resilience of the […]

A “new year, a new dawn” — just some poetic line from a song that made some guy rich. But it has a ring of […]

20 years ago: The low priority given by territorial authorities (TAs) to issuing code compliance certificates under the Building Act prompted the NZMBF to seek […]

Architect Don Bunting notes that DIY stores are based on the principle that you get the customer in looking for one item and have them […]

Timothy Bates of Auckland law firm Legal Vision looks at a previous case study where a subsequent Court of Appeal judgement on contributory negligence differed […]

Dr Kerry Rodgers considers how a splendid appearance does not always match practical usage. In one of my more sardonic moods I have sometimes wondered […]

As the New Zealand construction industry gains momentum, many builders are looking to the future, and expanding their teams. There’s already a skills shortage, and […]

Mountain View School in Mangere, Auckland, is engaged in roll growth that includes additional school buildings that have a unique steel structure. The Ministry of […]

Andrew Higgins was rapt to have taken out third place in the Registered Master Builders Carters 2013 Apprentice of the Year. The 23-year-old from Nelson, […]

Todd Grey of Todd Grey Builders was “excited, happy and relieved” when his name was read out as the winner of the ITM Renovation Award […]

Russell Campbell of Inhaus Developments, winner of the James Hardie New Homes $450,000 – $600,000 award at the Registered Master Builders 2013 House of the […]

One question I am commonly asked by our business owner members is “How do I form a succession plan for my business?” This is a […]

The Registered Master Builders Federation is now the Registered Master Builders Association of New Zealand Inc. This means we are flat out getting our house […]