June 2022 Issue

Articles

‘Killing two birds with one stone’ — learning English while tackling the tools

Paulo Oliveira moved from Brazil to New Zealand five years ago. What was meant to be a four-month exchange to learn English turned into a […]

Steel awards showcase strength of local industry

After an earlier postponement due to Covid-19 restrictions, results of the 2021 SCNZ Excellence in Steel Awards were finally announced at an awards dinner at […]

Control the controllable

RMBA vice-president Johnny Calley and myself have been lucky enough to be travelling around the country attending Master Builders Regional Annual Members Meetings during the […]

Countdown announces plans for $99m Christchurch Fresh Distribution Centre

Countdown has announced plans for a $99 million, state-of-the-art, fresh distribution centre in Rolleston, Canterbury. The 11,000sq m development will service stores across the South […]

Don’t forget role of housing in Emissions Reduction Plan

The recent release of the Government’s Emission Reduction Plan highlights that all industries need to play a role in driving sustainable outcomes for New Zealand, […]

Construction sector immigration agreement coming soon

The Government expects that sector immigration agreements, including for construction and infrastructure, will be in place in the latter half of this year. The agreement […]

MBIE joins KiwiRail at new $100 million Wellington regional business hub

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is the latest tenant to join Willis Bond’s $100 million Blue Mountains Campus project in the Hutt […]

Bunnings launches battery recycling programme

Bunnings has launched a national battery recycling programme which will make battery recycling even easier for its retail and trade customers. The programme is being […]

Site Safe Reviews now rebranded as SiteRight

Site Safe has announced the rebrand of Site Safe Reviews to SiteRight — an enhanced take on site reviews. SiteRight is designed to provide businesses […]

Fire-rated lock opening technological doors

Designed for fire door applications, the Yale Unity Entrance Lock Fire Rated has been successfully tested for two hours on door assemblies in accordance with […]

From chocolate bars to snap blades!

In 1956 Yoshio Okada, the founder of Olfa Corporation, invented the world’s first snap-off blade cutter. The inspiration for this incredible idea came from breaking […]

Recip saw delivers fast cuts and more work per charge

The M18 Fuel Sawzall reciprocating saw is the next generation of legendary performance and durability, designed for the toughest applications on the job site. This […]

Warning signs: Subcontractor insolvency is imminent, what do I do?

It is an unfortunate and unavoidable fact that with supply and pricing as volatile as it currently is, the risk of insolvency within the industry […]

Increase the compliments, decrease the put downs

TradieHR director Leigh Olsen says negative comments — however they’re delivered — can have a major impact on the ability of employees to achieve the […]

saveBOARD plant officially opens in Te Rapa

The Te Rapa, Hamilton, factory of New Zealand company saveBOARD, which converts packaging waste into environmentally-sustainable construction boards, has been officially opened by Hamilton mayor […]

Simplicity and NZ Shareholders Association to meet Fletchers on GIB crisis

Default KiwiSaver provider Simplicity, and the NZ Shareholders Association, are meeting with the Fletcher Building Chair and chief executive this week to discuss the GIB […]

Ravenscar House takes top NZCPA Award

Ravenscar House has been named the Registered Master Builders New Zealand Commercial Project Awards Supreme Award winner at a ceremony held at the Christchurch Convention […]

Residential building supplies market study: what will it reveal?

Building Today’s resident troublemaker Ross Middleton says while the good old plasterboard paradise is in abeyance, there is further irony in that the present pinch […]

RMBA continues Men’s Health Week sponsorship

The Registered Master Builders, a proud foundation sponsor of Men’s Health Week (MHW), says in an industry that is made up predominantly of males we […]

Call to members to submit on H1/AS1 code changes

Registered Master Builders Association chief executive David Kelly has called on members to submit on H1/AS1 code changes. Many of you have been concerned about […]