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Handling the Christmas rush

How do you manage your workflow over the Christmas holidays? Firm: Deane Fluit Building Ltd Principal: Deane Fluit Location: Wanaka…

Creating accurate quotes

A recent research exercise revealed that one of the three biggest challenges facing builders is quoting residential work correctly. Here…

Get decked out for summer

With summer fast approaching, now is a good time to brush up on your deck building skills, as homeowners prepare for…

Building and housing

Guide to help identify defects

MBIE’s latest guidance aims to resolve common areas of dispute between contractors and homeowners The Guide to tolerances, materials and…

Building and housing

Paddon learning to tame the tarmac

Hayden Paddon and John Kennard overcame wild weather at the latest round of the WRC, dancing their way to fifth…

Builders to self-certify?

Rules Reduction Taskforce report recommends that builders certify their own work to remove joint and several liability pressures on councils…

Your opinions matter – the good, the bad, the ugly!

Are you somebody who doesn’t fill out surveys, because you don’t think they’ll make a difference? Think again! PlaceMakers is…

Battle of the BBQs!

A crowd of 250 people were treated to a night of gourmet BBQ at Applejackes Bar and Eatery, cooked by…

PlaceMakers brings home Hardware Awards

Three of PlaceMakers best and brightest were recognised at one of the building supply industry’s most prestigious awards nights The…

Marathon ride for prostate cancer

As part of Blue September, PlaceMakers Invercargill raised close to $70,000 at the fourth running of the bi-annual Southern Scooter…

Building code clauses de-coded

Stay up to speed with industry changes and building code clauses PlaceMakers ninth round of seminars is under way, and…