Sloan: Greater design oversight needed to deal with developer ‘gold rush’
An international architect and urban planning specialist is calling for the reinstatement of a century-old government agency to provide strategic design oversight as New...
Work Based Learning chief executive appointed
BCITO chief executive Toby Beaglehole has been appointed chief executive of Te Pukenga Work Based Learning Ltd (WBL), a subsidiary of Te Pukenga.
BCITO chair...
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....
Good communication essential in busy times
During the construction boom, good communication is the key to delivering a successful project, registered architect and Te Kahui Whaihanga president Judi Keith-Brown writes.In...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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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NZTIF president: Structural timber sales volumes plummeting due to building activity downturn
New Zealand Timber Industry Federation president Bruce Larsen is calling on the Government to provide investment-friendly initiatives so that timber processors can add more...