New phase emerging in NZ timber market
Northpine general manager Bruce Larsen predicts that the timber market will be much more in balance by the end of the 2022-23 financial year,...
New employer accreditation: A frustrating, time-consuming process
Building Recruitment director and Building Today columnist Kevin Everett’s Building Today May article was based around the new accreditation process for employing migrant workers....
Building booms — transitioning to a normal market while keeping your shirt on
EasyBuild director and Building Today columnist Mike Fox outlines some practical and effective steps that may help building companies avoid financial ruin, and enable...
All of industry needs to be ready for H1 Building Code changes
EasyBuild director Mike Fox reckons the Government and officials appear in denial of the costs and delays that will be caused by rushed H1...
Changing thermal performance of windows
Rob Campion of the Window & Glass Association NZ touches on the impacts of the revision to Clause H1 of the Building Code.
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The ‘what’ and ‘how’ banana skins of upcoming H1 Energy Efficiency changes
Chief executive Graham Moor says the Roofing Association NZ (RANZ) agrees that the thermal efficiency of our building stock must improve, but that the...
Here is what new employer accreditation looks like . . .
Immigration NZ (INZ) launched its new employer accreditation on May 23, which now means no employer can employ anyone from overseas unless they are...
Industry needs to face facts to get through 2022
Roofing Association of NZ (RANZ) chief executive Graham Moor says we need acknowledgement across the board that there is so much going on currently...
Flexibility the key for smaller sawmills’ production output
Why is Northland sawmill Northpine increasingly focusing on specialty timber products, including SG10, when the country is desperately short of standard SG8 building products?...
Five emerging trends as construction begins contracting towards carbon neutrality
As we press towards carbon neutrality, currently targeted for 2050, there are five trends emerging in engineering, procurement and construction contracts in New Zealand...