June 2009 Issue

The concrete sector has congratulated the Government’s announcement to allocate $50 million over three years for the New Zealand Cycleway Project. “The development of a […]

Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) chief executive Pieter Burghout will act as Construction Industry Council chairman for three to six months while a […]

The time is right for solar Solar water heating has been around in New Zealand for several decades, but it’s only now coming into its […]

Mainzeal broke ground in the construction industry recently, receiving an award for “Businesses Making a Difference” at the Green Ribbon Awards in Wellington. The construction […]

A residential rating tool is vital to help address New Zealand’s poorly performing houses, research organisation Beacon Pathway says. “If you can’t measure you can’t […]

buildnz designex 09 is New Zealand’s premier industry event for the building, design and related industries. For a small country, New Zealand punches above its […]

The recent High Court case, Invent Solutions Ltd v Chan Developments Trustee Ltd & Others (CIV 2008-485-2834), considered whether payment claims served by the plaintiffs […]

Given the Middle-eastern tensions that bedevil the world today, we may sometimes forget that for eight centuries Spain was an Islamic nation. The dominant Moors […]

Large fall in residential consent value Over the year to January 2009, the total value of residential consents fell by a significant 23%. The reasons […]

The remaining Future-Proof Building events and seminars for 2009 will be heading towards the southern part of the North Island and, later, in September, into […]

The cost of energy is rising. So future-proofing your client’s home against increasingly expensive energy consumption makes good financial sense. Heating water and warming a […]

Milestone Homes recently built its 200th house, representing on average 100 houses per year or around eight and a half houses per month during the […]

A key focus for Canterbury University was that their innovative new building — which houses the university’s School of Engineering and the national ICT (information […]

Taking out the Registered Master Builders Carters 2007 Apprentice of the Year was a career highlight for Taupo carpentry apprentice Rhys Forsyth, and nearly two […]

Haimes Building Ltd’s stunning construction of a property in Taupo was the worthy recipient of two awards in the Registered Master Builders 2008 House of […]

Taking out the national New Homes $350,000 – $450,000 category in the Registered Master Builders 2008 House of the Year, in association with PlaceMakers, was […]

In the current economic climate it is more important than ever to manage your resources, including people resources, to best effect. Hard times can bring […]

When Hamilton’s Downey Designer Homes (DDH) was approached by Hospice Waikato to build a house to assist in raising funds for the Waikato Hospice Building […]

Most of you are two months into a new financial year. Your first month balance sheets have been and gone and the next month is […]

Deciding that it just wasn’t hot enough in Christchurch over summer, Registered Master Builders Leighs Construction headed off to central Dili — the capital city […]

They say building a home is one of the three most stressful things to undertake. So what it means to be a Registered Master Builder […]