Jerusalem’s Wall of Tears
Forty-one years ago the Israeli army occupied Jerusalem. For the first time in nearly two millennia the city was united and back in Jewish...
Gateway package connects future apprentices
The Gateway programme is a government-funded work placement initiative for secondary school students, designed to strengthen the pathway from school into the workplace.
Year 11...
Steel frames: Cost-effective, durable, safe
There is more to a steel-framed home than meets the eye.
Good workmanship will always achieve a quality building. But all else being equal, National...
Let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater
The former Government’s proposed restrictions on water flow generated a flood of responses recently.
It proposed draft alterations to the Building Code, restricting flow rates...
Replacing the faithful ute . . .
So it’s time to replace the faithful ute which has served you so well over the past three years? Now you have a problem,...
Dobson named Apprentice of the Year
Dunedin carpentry apprentice Joe Dobson has taken out the top award in the Registered Master Builders 2008 Apprentice of the Year competition, in association...
Facing the challenge of commercial building
Building the foundation for an aluminium smelter furnace was never going to be an easy task. But carrying out the project between two fully...
I’ll be the judge of that
Each year the PlaceMakers House of the Year and RMB Commercial Project Awards receive hundreds of entries from all corners of the country.
Entries come...
Tauranga RMBs make wishes come true
These days it’s pretty rare to see a group of professionals working hard for nothing more than a good cause. But that’s exactly what...
I’ve found the backbones of the RMBF!
In the past six months, I have been to many RMB Associations, and witnessed the good work happening. A great example is the Little...