Re-roofing highlights H1 limitations
Roofing Association NZ (RANZ) chief executive Graham Moor is happy that H1 Energy Efficiency changes have been delayed, but says re-roofing an existing house...
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?...
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...
Just do your job!
Influential U senior faculty member John Baigent explains the need and benefit of having the right mix of ‘Transactional Personalities’ in your team to...
Larsen: Any number of obstacles could trip up forestry industry transformation process
Northpine Ltd general manager Bruce Larsen wonders if the draft Forestry and Wood Processing Industry Transformation Plan will see forestry, timber manufacturing and the...
Too soon to conclude imminent end to property market downturn
New Zealand’s property market downturn may have shown subtle signs of easing late last year with a final quarterly drop of -2.1%. However, a...
Unfortunate boom-bust cycle alive and kicking
Registered Master Builders Association president Johnny Calley says to build a more sustainable construction industry in New Zealand, policymakers and industry stakeholders must take...
The plan to reconnect the public to vacated Ports of Auckland land
Mayor Wayne Brown has given Eke Panuku a “letter of expectation” to undertake master planning for a regenerated publicly-owned waterfront vacated by Ports of...
Help, my phone’s not ringing!
Andy Burrows — The Trades Coach — outlines a few options to keep that phone ringing with job leads to help you through the...