Environmental Site Management course offered
Site Safe has unveiled its new Environmental Site Management training course.
The two-hour online course, developed in partnership with Auckland Council, is designed to improve...
Striving for diversity in the trades
Josh Fraser, a Pacific Islander builder working in Auckland, is a strong advocate for encouraging more Maori and Pasifika people to consider a career...
BCITO supports Apprenticeship Boost extension
BCITO, a division of Te Pukenga subsidiary Work Based Learning Ltd, supports the Government’s decision to extend its Apprenticeship Boost scheme.
BCITO director Jason Hungerford...
MBIE joins KiwiRail at new $100 million Wellington regional business hub
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is the latest tenant to join Willis Bond’s $100 million Blue Mountains Campus project in the...
Timber and carbon — the case for using treated timber to lock up more...
A significant highlight of last year’s COP26 Glasgow was recognition for the positive role that wood plays in tackling CO2 emissions, the principal cause...
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,...
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...
Bunnings Trade launches limited edition hoodie to support Movember
This November, Bunnings Trade will be supporting men’s health charity Movember for their annual fundraising and awareness appeal.
From November 2, all Bunnings stores will...
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...
Control the controllable
RMBA vice-president Johnny Calley and myself have been lucky enough to be travelling around the country attending Master Builders Regional Annual Members Meetings during...