October 2014 Issue

An International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ)-accredited rapid service to analyse building materials for asbestos has been made available by a Christchurch company. Following the Canterbury […]

Development of New Zealand’s largest planned urban, business and retail facility — Westgate — is on track for completion in October 2015, and is set […]

Positive business confidence and a strengthening local economy is helping to create a strong employment market, while flatter international job markets such as Australia are […]

Sika has launched a high powered promotion for its long-established range of PEF Rods, with the prize being an aerobatic warbird experience in a genuine […]

New Zealanders will be able to find out more about the environmental impact of various building products following the launch of a new programme that […]

The winners of the annual Resene Total Colour Awards were announced in Auckland recently. The Resene Total Colour Awards were launched in 2010 to encourage […]

A demanding hospital expansion project at Christchurch Hospital won local building company Leighs Construction top prize in the Health category and the $5 million – […]

The RMBA’s Auckland branch honoured its past presents and its oldest company memberships, including one — N Cole Ltd — which has been a continuous […]

Many people comment on the fact that you cannot predict business anymore. In the past or, the good old days as some still call them, […]

A trait common to all recent generational groupings — Gen X, Gen Y and Gen Millennium — is that they tend to have a different […]

Mr Sayles had been found liable as a project manager in the Weathertight Homes Tribunal and brought an appeal on the basis that the tribunal’s […]

It was by chance I stumbled across Christchurch’s first civic building to rise from the ashes of the quakes. I had been meandering alongside the […]

The Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) is experiencing unprecedented growth in new apprenticeships, but the construction industry still remains woefully short on skilled […]

Even before Stephen Collins decided he was going to build in post-quakes Christchurch, he had selected steel for the structure of whatever was to be […]

In my June column, I raised questions about the practicality and affordability of the current approach to falling from heights that is being imposed with […]

Nine carpentry apprentices from up and down the country were set to compete for the title of Registered Master Builders Carters 2014 Apprentice of the […]

AUCKLAND Master Build Services Renovation Award up to $250,000 Sika Homes Ltd for a home in Onehunga Future-Proof Building Renovation Award over $500,000 Absolute Building […]

The Government has made a strong statement about the importance of Health and Safety (H&S), and set a bold target of a 25% reduction in […]

20 years ago: The CLG consisted of representatives of the institutes of architects, quantity surveyors, builders and professionals and consulting engineers, as well as the […]