By Jessica Bennett
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1 April 2010, Build 117
The trend for city living has seen the number of new apartment buildings increase dramatically and, with it, concerns about poor design. A research project has created a prototype tool to evaluate high-density living to help owners, designers and builders.
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By Tony Walther
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1 February 2008, Build 104
A new BRANZ project aims to design wall and floor systems that provide optimum acoustic, fire and structural performance for multi-residential timber framed structures. Stage one – acoustic testing – has started.
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