December 2009 Issue

The New Zealand economy has shown signs of stabilisation in recent months, supported by early signs of a housing market rebound and improved retail sales. […]

New Zealand’s largest annual sporting event, the V8 Supercar street race in Hamilton, will be sponsored by ITM for the next three years.   The […]

The Waikato Registered Master Builders Association believes in supporting the local community, and recently raised nearly $600 for the Hamilton Hydrotherapy Pool Charitable Trust at […]

The Waikato Registered Master Builders Association was proud to present the Ian Gillett Memorial Cup to its top Waikato Master Builders Apprentice for 2009 recently. […]

Living Steel, a worldwide, collaborative programme designed to stimulate innovative and responsible housing design and construction was launched in February 2005 by the World Steel […]

Houses of Steel, the latest publication from Living Steel, captures the quality and inventiveness of entrants into the prestigious Living Steel International Architecture Competition that […]

Nelson carpentry apprentice Shayne Dickenson was over the moon to take out second place in the Registered Master Builders 2009 Apprentice of the Year, in […]

A “masterpiece” of a new home in Auckland’s eastern suburbs and an innovative aquatic centre in Queenstown have taken out the supreme awards at the […]

Builders are sometimes surprised when they realise there are warranties on their building work even if not stated in the contract under s397 of the […]

Typically at this time of the year we’re all racing around getting our clients into their homes by Christmas.   For a short time after […]

The Whakatane Master Builders Association is a major supporter of its local community. You may recall a story published in Building Today a couple of […]

Well, the year is almost over and it hasn’t been an easy one. Many of you will be looking forward to the Christmas break, taking […]