November 2007 Issue

This year’s winner in the Waikato region was Aaron Blofield, employed by Brendo Builders in Whitianga.   One of Aaron’s major milestones in his apprenticeship […]

September’s decrease in the number of monthly building consents (as against September 2006) reinforced the RMBF’s prediction of a softening market this past six to […]

Anyone involved in design needs to understand changes Architects, designers and building officials are among the attendees expected at a series of seminars to be […]

How well you carry out debt collection can make or break your business. Every business has different methods and issues, so here are some of […]

Tim Bates and Francesca Collins of Auckland law firm Legal Vision debate when a director can be found personally liable for the faults of his […]

This month HRH Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 60 years of marriage to HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Dr Kerry Rodgers thought it appropriate to […]

As Building Today goes to print, the 10 finalists for the national award in the RMB Apprentice of the Year 2007 competition were being judged, […]

The newest power tool in the BCITO tool kit is live on the BCITO web site.   After talking to employers, careers advisors, technical teachers, […]

One of the latest high quality developments sees the addition of QuBa to Auckland’s skyline.   QuBA, located in the Quay Park Precinct of Auckland’s […]

House of the Year PlaceMakers Supreme Award and 2007 Registered Master Builders House of the Year  J J Oskam Builders Ltd Site location: Maori Hill, […]

South Island properties scooped the top awards at the Registered Master Builders 2007 House of the Year and RMB Commercial Project Awards, in association with […]

An open-plan country home north of Auckland, a chic estate in the Bay of Islands and a stylish dwelling in Wanaka took out three of […]

The country’s top carpentry apprentices have been announced at 10 regional awards ceremonies as part of the Registered Master Builders 2007 Apprentice of the Year, […]

The Registered Master Builders Federation has reiterated its concerns about key unresolved elements of the Government’s Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP) scheme launched on November 1. […]

Hundreds of new home owners could be better off and do their bit for energy efficiency thanks to some of this country’s largest volume home […]

As Registered Master Builders Federation president, it will be my great pleasure to preside over the RMBF’s 108th annual conference in Wellington at the Duxton […]

This month’s column consists of the speech I gave at this year’s House of the Year national gala dinner: Welcome to you all to the […]