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By Trevor Pringle – 1 October 2007, Build 102
Within New Zealand homes a slip, trip or fall injury occurs every 3 minutes. This affects around 400,000 adults and children each year – that’s more than all sports and road injuries. Using the right surface could prevent many of these.
By Michael Camilleri – 1 April 2008, Build 105
When it comes to insulation, designers should think optimum rather than minimum and make key decisions early in the design process.
By Nigel Isaacs – 1 June 2009, Build 112, Feature article
A major BRANZ research project is underway to help us understand the energy and water use in commercial buildings. We take a look at the Building Energy End-use Study (BEES) current activities and plans for the coming year.
By Roger Shelton – 1 October 2009, Build 114
You could be forgiven for getting the wind up about wind speeds, pressures and zones, but don’t worry. Here, we go back to basics to explain how they relate to one another.
By Hugh Byrd and Eva Nash – 1 June 2012, Build 130, Feature article
Houses that win architectural awards are often widely admired and highly influential. However, recent research has found that, typically, they aren’t good environmental performers. As leaders in the industry, shouldn’t they be?
By Trevor Pringle – 1 August 2012, Build 131
Designing solutions for weathertightness problems is a growth sector of the industry, yet it is an area many designers are unfamiliar with. What are the factors that need to be considered for this type of work?
By Roman Jaques – 1 August 2013, Build 137
Designers and builders can now access a comprehensive online resource about universal design and its use in New Zealand homes.
1 April 2004, Build 81
In the August/September 2002 edition of Build you would have received the BRANZ weathertightness poster. This column takes a detail from the poster and provides a ‘good practice’ solution to it.
By Trevor Pringle – 1 August 2004, Build 83
For many cladding materials the horizontal joints are dealt with in the design of the cladding itself, e.g. weatherboards. This article is concerned about those claddings that need horizontal joints to accommodate movement or sheet size.
By Tony Conder – 1 April 2005, Build 87
Why is it that windows fixed with claddings over a drained cavity don’t need a sill flashing, while direct-fixed claddings do?
