Contemporary meets classic
A magnifi cent clifftop home in Ruby Bay, built by Nelson company Headstart Developments Ltd, won national awards for the Pink Batts...
Dunedin woman wins dream bathroom
A delighted Dunedin woman has won a $25,000 dream bathroom thanks to Mico Bathrooms and Registered Master Builders. The prize package was featured in...
Standard revised for thermal insulation
Standards New Zealand has published a revised Standard specifying Thermal insulation – Housing and small buildings, NZS 4218:2009, which supersedes NZS 4218:2004. NZS...
Get Set
Fact: The word with most entries in the Oxford Dictionary is “set” — a word able to be used as a noun, adjective or...
Plumbing the perfect career change for new graduate
From pulling pints to unblocking pipes, Halley Edgar has no regrets about giving up her bartending job to study to become a plumber. Nor...
Industry has a role to protect ESOL workers
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China, due for implementation on 1 October this year, makes it easier for skilled Chinese nationals to work...
Back in Time
20 years ago — May 1998:
• New Zealand men chose to take unnecessary risks because of their macho attitudes to workplace accidents, according to...
Wintec trophy cupboard overflows with Gold
The new state-of-the-art Engineering and Trades Facility at Wintec’s Rotokauri Campus in Hamilton has cleaned out the education architectural prize cupboard.
In addition to taking...
Thermal performance and weathertightness still paramount issues for national association
Building Today asked Window & Glass Association New Zealand technical manager Robert Campion about the main issues facing the Association, and industry suppliers, manufacturers...
Judging begins
A team of 20 judges has been given the daunting task of assessing the 683 properties entered in this year’s Registered Master Builders House...