CREATING A STRONG CLIENT BASE
Having faced the biggest social disruption of our lifetime, you may be wondering about the future of your business post-lockdown.…
Home Prove Your Know How
Prove Your Know How
THE FINAL LAYER
Once the home is built, the next step is to paint or coat the timber cladding. It is important that…
STAY SAFE, SPEAK UP
Adjusting to life under the ’new normal’ may be challenging. In the construction sector, it has meant getting to grips…
CONSENTS DITCHED FOR LOW-RISK BUILDING
Minister for Building and Construction Jenny Salesa announced on 24 May that new building consent exemptions are being added to…
ON-THE-JOB LEARNING
Sometimes LBPs struggle to think of ideas for on-the-job learning, especially if they have been working with the same products…
LIQUEFACTION LESSONS
Following a two-year transition period, Acceptable Solution B1/AS1 will no longer be used for foundations on land prone to liquefaction.…
Building through Covid-19
You know the post-Covid world will be different – but how different? We can only really guess. While the world…
Covid-19 Safety Protocols – Industry-led
Back in late April, the construction industry tooled up to get back to work. To ensure it was done in…
BUILDERS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
Watch out for limits to liability in the Terms of Trade of your subcontractors and consultants When explaining the liability…
PROTECT YOUR TOOLS!
Law firm Duncan Cotterill provides tips on how to protect the tools of your trade as a subcontractor Most players…
A CORRECTION WORTH INVESTING IN
WorkSafe’s Enforceable Undertaking initiative is providing businesses in breach of safety practices an opportunity to correct their safety measures as…
HELP YOUR MATES
A new pocket guide suggests how to have conversations about mental health Got a mate who’s looking down, isn’t themselves,…