Home consents reach 11-year milestone
Second-highest number of homes consented in a year since 1974 The annual number of homes consented has passed 30,000 for…
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Importance of non-structural elements
Prompted by recent seismic activity across the country, MBIE has issued two practice advisories detailing the importance of ensuring non-structural…
Residential construction booming
Statistics New Zealand’s Value of Building work report for the September quarter shows the residential construction sector won’t be cooling…
Female workers an untapped resource
BCITO identifies education as key to overcoming challenges on both sides of the fence While the proportion of women working…
Earthquakes shake insurance
As a result of the recent Kaikoura earthquake, aftershocks and a heightened risk of more seismic activity, New Zealand’s major…
Board decision on design quality
The Building Practitioners Board (the Board) recently made a significant disciplinary decision regarding negligence, incompetence and disrepute caused by Design…
New standard for installing insulation
Under Construction now includes all compulsory Codewords articles to help LBPs stay up to speed and earn their required points.…
Builders’ confidence high
Activity expectations within the construction sector reached a two-year peak in the latest ANZ Business Outlook survey The survey shows…
Financial impact of natural disasters
BRANZ has conducted extensive research into the costs and benefits of mitigating common natural hazards in housing. While some options…
Construction reaches new heights
Increase in crane numbers a visual indicator of building activity The latest edition of the Rider Levett Bucknall Crane Index…
MBIE to investigate Wellington’s Statistics House
Following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that devastated Kaikoura and affected a number of buildings in Wellington’s CBD, MBIE has released…
Going green for Blue September
PlaceMakers Mt Wellington’s annual charity golf tournament and auction on 15 November proved to be a smash hit, as those…
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