Barrington takes out Supreme House of the Year award
Christchurch company Clive Barrington Construction has taken out the Registered Master Builders 2021 House of the Year Supreme Award with a Christchurch entry that...
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...
Resounding results and reducing risk
A highlight for me has been hearing feedback from the previous years’ AOY winners, telling of their experience at Outward Bound, the amount they...
Entries open for new commercial building awards
New Zealand’s newest commercial building awards — The New Zealand Commercial Project Awards — are underway, with entries open and sector interest growing. ...
Canterbury Association in top gear
When you can drive along one side of a sealed road and see that the other side has dropped by at least one metre,...
Industry associations band together to offer practical advice
The Registered Master Builders Association (RMBA), the NZ Specialist Trade Contractors Federation (NZSTCF), and Civil Contractors New Zealand (CCNZ) have come together to offer...
We farewell David Beard
In late January 2013 we said our final farewell to David Beard, a Waikato RMBA Life Member. David worked tirelessly, locally and nationally, in a...
Recession — manage your people resources, Part 2
In the current economic climate it is more important than ever to manage your resources, including people resources, to best effect. Hard times can...
Brighter news at Wellington’s Conference
There was better news at the RMBF Conference 2008 as Minister for Building and Construction Shane Jones told delegates that the Government had listened...
A good word for the banks!
I never thought I would say this — the banks have saved our industry’s bacon! Last week I was in Florida at a conference on...