April 2017 Issue

  With just under three months to go until kick off, New Zealand’s premier trade show for the construction and design industries, buildnz | designex, […]

  Craig Price is the new president of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ). Mr Price has had a long career with engineering […]

Broadway in Newmarket, Auckland, will stage a one-of-a-kind house build this month as 200 volunteers step up to the challenge to build a four bedroom […]

  The entries for this year’s New Zealand Commercial Project Awards are now available online, with close to 80 of New Zealand’s top commercial buildings […]

After over a decade of entering the competition, Nigel Smith of Milestone Homes Canterbury (2012) Ltd was ecstatic to take out his first national category […]

  This year’s Registered Master Builders House of the Year competition is underway, with some innovative new categories to reflect the changing sector. This year […]

Carpentry apprentices from across New Zealand are being called to show their skills and compete in the Registered Master Builders CARTERS 2017 Apprentice of the […]

Summer is well behind us, and hopefully all your projects are well on track as the days get shorter. As an RMBA Board, we are […]

I’m not one for name dropping or flaunting the circles in which I mix, but I had a personal invitation to the best seats in […]

Nearly every week there is yet another report on substandard building materials, or shonky workmanship on construction projects. This raises the question as to who […]

20 years ago: • A $60,000 cheque from Telecom boosted the NZMBF’s coffers and was to go towards its television advertising campaign. The NZMBF had […]

  Calls for an industry-wide collaboration to design guidelines governing how the construction sector makes payments to builders and subcontractors have come to fruition. On […]

The Government’s push to rid New Zealand of poorly insulated houses, along with recent changes to the relevant NZ Standard, NZS4246:2016, and changes to the […]

  As sure as the winter months are coming, one of the best parts of any cricketing summer is watching New Zealand captain Kane Williamson bat. […]

More women than ever are joining New Zealand’s booming construction industry, with the number of women in construction doubling to 17% over the past 15 […]

  New Zealand’s construction sector needs more recruits. The Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) is launching a major campaign in April to demonstrate […]

  “New Zealand should champion digital technology associated with cross-laminated timber (CLT) and become the world leader in building tall timber structures.” So says keynote speaker […]

  A qualified accountant recently gave up his job to become a plumber. Why? Because he was tired of sitting behind a desk doing the […]