By Katrina Fox
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1 June 2022, Build 190, Feature article
In Australia, New South Wales has dealt with low public confidence in the design and construction of large multi-residential complexes by introducing legislation to ensure safe, compliant buildings. Could some of their changes be helpful here?
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By Rob Guild
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1 June 2022, Build 190, Feature article
Rob Guild, Principal Architect, Buchan, says that, as housing intensification in Aotearoa New Zealand increases, we should be looking to well-designed cities such as Melbourne to ensure we achieve quality and avoid poor design and urban amenity.
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By Michael Nuth
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1 June 2022, Build 190, Feature article
Independent design managers are increasingly being brought in to oversee complex construction projects. A recent BRANZ study asked whether performance benchmarks need to be established for this currently unregulated field.
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By David Hindley
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1 June 2022, Build 190, Feature article
There are many benefits from a focus on quality in construction. At the practical level, there are fewer call-backs and more satisfied clients. Beyond that, higher-quality buildings deliver healthier environments for living and working. At the top level, they can be inspirational.
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By Andrew Barrie
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1 June 2022, Build 190
Professor Andrew Barrie from the University of Auckland says that developing people’s understanding – their literacy – about architecture can only lead to a better built environment. He’s part of a group encouraging this by producing maps and books that show what ‘good’ looks like.
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By Matthew Curtis
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1 August 2020, Build 179, Feature article
A BRANZ research programme is taking a whole-of-system look at the industry to examine why we still have so many poor buildings in New Zealand when the ways to reduce this perennial problem exist.
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By Chelydra Percy
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1 August 2020, Build 179
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By Michael Bealing, Laetitia Leroy de Morel
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1 August 2020, Build 179, Feature article
Eliminating quality defects in residential construction would boost productivity. In recent research, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) quantified the benefit to our economy and households.
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By Michael Nuth
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1 August 2020, Build 179, Feature article
Rather than being confined to the 1990s and 2000s, stakeholders BRANZ surveyed believe the problem of weathertightness failures in homes is ongoing and possible solutions go far wider than building design.
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By Bruce Sedcole
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1 August 2020, Build 179, Feature article
There’s plenty of cracks to be found when examining why poor-quality residential builds are so common. A look at the number of requests for further information for each building consent tells part of the story, as does the rate of inspection failures.
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