February 2012 Issue

A group of 20 strong, young and enthusiastic students from the Kapiti Coast have left their surfboards and Playstations alone this summer break. Instead of […]

Christchurch City Council’s “restrictive” draft Central City Plan is undermining the Canterbury business community’s efforts to rebuild, warns the Property Council of New Zealand in […]

Minister for Building and Construction Maurice Williamson will open a forum for Christchurch’s building and property professionals on February 29. The event — Steel: the […]

Four construction workers died at work last year, and more than 650 were seriously hurt on building sites across the country. Provisional statistics released by […]

The New Zealand building sector will rebound from its lowest level in 10 years as the country continues to fight back from devastating earthquakes in […]

The number of tradespeople applying to become licensed has increased markedly since the Department of Building and Housing’s consumer information TV campaign, Build It Right, […]

Last year I visited the World Financial Centre in Shanghai. One hundred storeys high and, for about five minutes, it was the tallest building in […]

The Licensed Building Practitioner scheme comes into force on March 1, 2012. In broad terms the scheme was set up with the aim of ensuring […]

British architect Andrew Waugh recently spoke eloquently on national television as to the virtues of wood, specifically when it comes to rebuilding Christchurch. He is […]

As our industry inches closer to recovery, many builders and subcontractors will be looking to the future, and thinking about the number of people they […]

Saxton Field is a $50 million, 75 hectare sports ground which, together with the $12 million Saxton Stadium, provides facilities for hockey, softball, football, archery, […]

Registered Master Builders Carters 2011 Apprentice of the Year Ryan Keogh, 22, says deciding to become a Licensed Building Practitioner was a no-brainer. “The day […]

Philip Vile was “blown away” when Glenroy Housing Ltd took out the PlaceMakers Supreme Award and Registered Master Builders 2011 House of the Year, after […]

Entries are open in the Registered Master Builders 2012 House of the Year, in association with PlaceMakers. 2012 marks a significant change for the RMB […]

Get things down in writing and prioritise The holiday period seems to fly by and before we know it, we are back to the reality […]

Happy New Year to you all. I hope you had an enjoyable and restful break and that the weather was kind wherever you were. Well, […]