June 2014 Issue

Signatories must commit to 10 H&S acts Major construction, insurance and government agencies involved in the Canterbury rebuild recently launched a new video illustrating their […]

RCG, a property strategy, architecture, design and research company based in Auckland has received two awards at the National Property Council Gala recently. In the […]

This year sees Canterbury achieve another first when New Zealand’s largest building and design exhibition, buildnz | designex, comes to Christchurch. It’s already fully booked […]

Although Genesis Energy has offered a specialised service to the trade for a number of years, it was renamed “Trade Connections” in 2013, and retains […]

The New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC) has announced that Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith will be providing the opening address at this year’s Sustainable […]

Building Today continues with an exclusive new column by industry stalwart Mike Fox, who talks candidly about issues concerning the New Zealand construction industry. Is […]

We both have a background as builders and we share Mike Fox’s concern with the cost of recladding buildings. We are also both members of […]

Entries for the 2014 Registered Master Builders Apprentice of the Year competition are about to close and the judges are poised to start assessing this […]

Hamish Craig of Lindesay Construction was shocked when he was announced as the winner of the Outdoor Living Award at the Registered Master Builders 2013 […]

Jesse de Wys of JD Homes Ltd says winning the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment New Homes under $250,000 award at the Registered Master […]

Kerry Archer Southland I reside in the sunny deep south in Invercargill, happily married with a house full of kids. I own and manage two […]

Quite a lot went on at the AGM this year with a number of remits being discussed, as well as voting for two new RMB […]

A great couple of days were had by all at the Wairakei Resort in Taupo at the Registered Master Builders Association (RMBA) annual conference — […]

To those of you who were at the Registered Master Builders conference in Taupo recently, I thank you for your vote of confidence in allowing […]

It has been a long time in the making but I am delighted to announce the launch of the Trades Business Academy. There is a […]

Northland’s Lower Hatea River Crossing is no ordinary bridge — and nor was it ever going to be. Awarded the 2014 Supreme New Zealand Commercial […]

Where were you born and raised? I was born and raised in Staffordshire, England, in an area called the Black Country — a blue collar […]

Opus Architecture design takes out top spot as Christchurch energy champion An ongoing, and outstanding dedication to sustainable energy has seen Opus Architecture, and its […]

The Construction Cup has been won by the Taranaki branch of the Registered Master Builders Association. The cup is awarded to the branch that has […]

Terry Sage of Trades Coaching New Zealand outlines some of the options to consider when thinking about your retirement years. We spoke about retirement a […]

20 years ago: TVNZ’s Fair Go came under fire from NZ Master Builders Federation chief executive Trevor Allsebrook for taking delight in reporting people’s misery. […]

They tiptoe around each other like partners in a failed marriage. Relationships among members of the design and construction industries have never been as poor […]

This article examines a recent High Court decision (GPE Holdings Ltd v Tile ‘N’ Style Ltd v Ors [2014] NZHC 802) in which the High […]

Dr Kerry Rodgers has clearly been out in the midday sun for far too long . . . Analemma: a plot or graph of the […]

To meet the rising demand for residential property in Wellington, Stratum Management Ltd has built a number of multi-storey buildings. The 15-level Elevate Apartments on […]