Waikato Master Builders help rebuild local SPCA
Due to council expansion at the SPCA headquarters, the organisation has had to find a new home, both for its educational purposes but, more...
Sydney’s Necropolis Receiving House
In the mid-19th century Sydney had a grave issue. The city had run out of cemetery plots. To resolve the matter, the City Fathers...
Disputed long-term painting contract finally settled
This case involved an application for summary judgment by the plaintiff, Service Painting and Building Co Pty Ltd (SPB), claiming the sum of $140,618.77,...
Country’s top carpentry apprentice announced
Central North Island carpentry apprentice Rhys Forsyth won the top award last month in the Registered Master Builders 2007 Apprentice of the Year competition,...
There’s a buzz in the air!
As 2007 has started to crank up a bit I have had the opportunity to get around a couple of parts of the country...
Housing affordability in the spotlight
For the past year or so, housing has been shaping up as one of the major election issues for 2014.
Over the past few decades...
The Louisiana Superdome
No building came to make us so aware of the human misery caused by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath than did the Louisiana Superdome....
Hawke’s Bay builders do it for the kids
The Hawkes Bay’s Registered Master Builders and Certified Builders recently came together to take on the enormous challenge of erecting five buildings from the...
Bankruptcy no protection against a claim accruing after the period of bankrutpcy
The decision in the case of Chapman v Weathertight Homes Tribunal & Another concerns a builder that was named as a respondent to Weathertight...
Worcester’s Hive
Dr Kerry Rodgers considers how a splendid appearance does not always match practical usage.
In one of my more sardonic moods...