Report confirms construction laws are a mess!

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The Loopy Rules Report confirms what the industry has known for years — laws around land development and construction are a mess!   The Government should...

Changing mindsets, saving lives

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Mike Fox’s Opinion editorial in Building Today September warmed up and chewed over the New Zealand Initiative’s critical report of WorkSafe NZ’s working at...

The real dollar cost of the falls from height campaign

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Dr Bryce Wilkinson, economist, senior research fellow of the New Zealand Initiative and author of the report A Matter of Balance: Regulating...

Understanding timber weatherboards

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Timber weatherboards have been used to clad New Zealand homes for generations. They are a proven weathertight cladding that can offer peace of mind...

The folly behind the falls from height campaign

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The New Zealand Initiative (TNZI) recently published a report, A Matter of Balance: Regulating Safety. It was critical of the Ministry of Business, Innovation...

Construction Contracts Amendment Bill (retentions) will impact on contractor cashflow

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The purpose of retentions is to ensure that customers get the specified services and quality delivered on time from the contractor. If work is...

Is petty rule enforcement driving builders from the industry?

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Those that have been building for more than 20 years will remember an industry that was more co-operative, less aggressive, less regimented and certainly...

Shrinking timber weatherboards – there is a problem

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If the large amount of responses I got from it is anything to go by, last month’s article on the problems experienced with shrinking,...

Working with timber weatherboards

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In Building Today June 2015, Mike Fox expressed concern at what he saw as a problem with “shrinking timber weatherboards”, and at the failure of wood...

New ways to reduce housing costs must be found

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New ways must be found to reduce constrcution costs in New Zealand after a recent survey of housing affordability across 22 markets found this...