HEALTH AND SAFETY BY DESIGN
Your building designs can affect the health and safety of workers constructing, maintaining and demolishing buildings This is recognised in…
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Reducing Noise Transmission
As New Zealand’s population grows, our district plans and long-term planning rules change to ensure we build enough homes for…
Know your stuff – Exempt Building Work, Part 2
Part 1 of this series covered off the basics of exempt building work and some of the easy to measure…
MANDATORY INSURANCE LOOMING?
Yet more obligations on builders? Read more on MBIE’s review of insurance requirements MBIE is currently reviewing aspects of New…
DON’T GET CAUGHT COLD
We are fortunate in New Zealand to live in a moderate temperature environment, but in many places morning frosts during…
LOW HEIGHTS, HIGH DANGER
More people take chances at lower heights, because they seem less of a risk— but these kinds of falls come…
BUILD YOUR BRAND
What can birds teach builders about marketing? How to get your brand out there! Do you need to “get your…
MIND YOUR WALL CLADDINGS!
Proper on-site management of the wall cladding is critical to delivering quality buildings. This article is part one of a…
LABOUR-ONLY CONTRACTS – PART 2
This is the second article in a two-part series highlighting common misunderstandings about the responsibilities of an LBP under a…
NAVIGATING CAREER BREAKS
Life is unpredictable and sometimes a serious life event can turn your world upside down and affect your ability to…
TOP 12 CONTRACT WORKS QUERIES
Builtin shares its 12 most common contract works insurance questions Whether you’re building new or doing an alteration, extension or…
FLEXIBILITY FACTORS
Following on from our Builders Business column, which highlighted the perks employers offer to keep good quality employees, we decided…