Report confirms construction laws are a mess!
The Loopy Rules Report confirms what the industry has known for years — laws around land development and construction are a mess!
The Government should...
Obtaining a CCC more than just a matter of council bureaucracy?
Overview The appellant, in the case of Aldridge & Another v Hamilton City Council & Another NZHC 1784, as trustees of the...
RMBF: Softening market was expected
The latest building consents data from January 2006 was in line with expected industry trends, RMBF chief executive Pieter Burghout says. While residential consents...
Industry reaction . . .
The Registered Master Builders Federation has endorsed the building practitioner licensing scheme because it will help further strengthen the standards of New Zealand’s construction...
Job Summit initiatives to undergo further scope and development
The RMBF was invited to attend the Job Summit in February. I must say I was very interested in seeing how it would run...
Everything to gain and nothing to lose
Peter Robson knows apprentices. The owner and general manager of Wood Robson Ltd says he’s had more than 50 join his team over the...
Be careful what you wish for — the risks for the building sector of...
EasyBuild director Mike Fox says when the eventual euphoria of getting easier access to Australia turns into reality and some of the unintended consequences...
Game of two halves
Christchurch. Still battered and bruised nearly two years after the first earthquake. But as a visit in late 2011 showed, there are some signs...
It’s all bad — but is it?
Consents are at their lowest and construction is down — but is it all bad?
The positives in the market still abound. Interest...
How well do you know your clients?
A general lack of effective communication continues to be a real challenge in the construction industry. Historically, this has been a barrier to clients...