Window compliance shouldn’t hurt
Window and Glass Association NZ technical manager Robert Campion reveals some of the biggest window compliance issues and provides advice…
Technical
Better thermal performance from aluminium window joinery
The traditional face-fixed way of installing aluminium window joinery in new homes has a big drawback that has long vexed…
NZS 3916 is changing – here’s what you need to know
Changes proposed to NZS 3916 could, if adopted, shift more risk from design consultants to contractors Standard form contracts in…
Membrane internal roof gutters
Design trends are seeing an increase in the use of internal gutters, previously seen as risky. They have been associated…
How to submit a good consent application
Missing documentation and poorly executed drawings are two of the main reasons a consent application may generate a request for…
Insulated unheated slab-on-ground concrete floors
The new H1 acceptable solutions provide performance tables for the various types of slab-on-ground concrete floor, which vary according to…
Structurally fixing cavity battens for horizontal timber weatherboards
Using longer and thicker nails to fix horizontal timber weatherboards to structural framing through cavity battens can damage the weatherboards.…
BRANZ Assurance Services
All BRANZ Appraisals are looked after by the BRANZ Assurance Services team, which includes some of this country’s premier Building…
Protecting your site against theft
Thefts from building sites are a problem nationwide, with losses ranging from small hand tools to 6m shade sail poles…
The importance of air seals
Greater understanding of how to incorporate air seals in openings and penetrations in the exterior envelope of a building is…
Enhancing safety training with VR and AR
New technologies, such as virtual and augmented reality, can play a strategic role in enhancing safety training. BRANZ looks at…
Optimising summer shade
The past decade has produced seven of our 10 warmest years on record and, by 2040, the number of days…
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