Cover pricing, its possible consequences and penalties
The Commerce Commission recently conducted a small number of qualitative interviews with commercial building contractors. It was interested in finding out if any...
New construction forum — a first for New Zealand
One of the issues that has been obvious for some time now is that the construction industry is not often good at working together...
Congrats to AOY and HOY winners
The final of the 2015 Apprentice of the Year was held at The Cloud in Auckland on October 9 and once again showcased the...
New assessment tool for Health and Safety now available
On April 4 the new Health & Safety requirements took effect, reinforcing the obligations of employers to take concrete action to ensure the health...
Dispelling the myths of advocacy
Many of you will be aware (particularly those of you who read their profiles in Building Today last month) that I have recently welcomed...
Where’s the risk?
It’s time to do two things — two things that we have been saying now for some time that we cannot afford to dither...
Take a deeper look into the statistics
We are now midway through the year, and are we indeed starting to experience what we have been musing for some time now —...
Building capability – right across the industry
In the past few weeks the Registered Master Builders’ Federation has decided to increase the depth of its management capability across two key areas...
Some of the many things facing our industry
Having a portion opened to the entire sector is a great way to impart knowledge, and it is fantastic that the buildnz expo is...
Master Build Guarantee and Constructive — supporting members in the current environment
RMBA chief executive David Kelly reminds members that a range of online services is available to support them and their clients during a time...