By David Carradine, Dave Brunsdon, Simon Faulkner, Mark Willard
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1 December 2022, Build 193
Recent work provided valuable insights into the seismic capacity of buildings commonly used in schools nationwide. This provided a unique opportunity to test whole buildings on site to understand their performance and to test the main structural elements in the laboratory.
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By Chris Alderson
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1 December 2022, Build 193
Chris Alderson, CEO of the Construction Health and Safety New Zealand Trust, says more-descriptive regulations such as the UK’s successful construction design and management legislation should be adopted here to deal with the complexity of health and safety issues in the construction sector.
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By Andrew Clucas
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1 December 2022, Build 193, Feature article
A team brought together to reinstate Christ Church Cathedral in Christchurch developed a sophisticated work plan to deal with critically important working from height and access safety requirements and to retrieve precious heritage items.
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By Chelydra Percy
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1 December 2022, Build 193
Understanding why and how we normalise risk in our everyday lives is key to making behaviour changes that can reduce workplace injuries and save lives. It’s that simple ... and that hard, says BRANZ CEO Chelydra Percy.
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1 December 2022
Sustainability: How do we rate?
Plus: Health and safety
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By David Hindley
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1 December 2022, Build 193, Feature article
The days when sustainable house design was just a cosy nice-to-have will soon be behind us. The government has flagged significant upcoming changes in its Building for climate change programme and other workstreams. It’s time for industry to start limbering up for the challenge to come.
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By Andrew Pollard
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1 December 2022, Build 193
When we turn on the tap, we expect water to flow. To be a resilient country, New Zealand needs to know how people use their water supplies. Over the years, research projects have been coming up with the answers.
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By David Hindley
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1 December 2022, Build 193, Feature article
For a building that covers the area of six rugby fields, going for a 5 Green Star rating was a big deal. It’s brought an equally gargantuan payoff – a 40% reduction in energy use and emissions compared with a typical building of its size, showing what can be achieved.
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By Dael Climo
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1 December 2022, Build 193
Working with wood led BRANZ Senior Structural Research Engineer David Carradine to develop a deep love for the material. Extensive studies followed leading to a career where his research has a real impact on the understanding and use of timber in our buildings.
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By Guy Marriage
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1 December 2022, Build 193
Part 2 of this Build series on designing and building medium-density housing covers inter-tenancy floors. The most important consideration here is to eliminate penetrations into the inter-tenancy floor zone.
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