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Keeping in character

By Bruce Sedcole 1 February 2022, Build 188

In Build 186 Houses ripe for renovation, we talked about renovating and refurbishing New Zealand character homes. Now, here is a closer look at some of the common tasks you may have to address.

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Reinventing basic materials

By David Hindley 1 April 2022, Build 189, Feature article

World-class research, award-winning designs and a new mindset are all helping New Zealand manufacturers, architects and designers take a fresh approach to those most fundamental of building materials – concrete, steel and timber.

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Common maintenance issues

By Sarah Symon 1 June 2022, Build 190, Feature article

Property inspections carried out when a house goes on the market regularly turn up a whole range of problems. Some could have been found and fixed earlier if regular home maintenance had been carried out.

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A call for regulatory change

By Chris Alderson 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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Building Code changes 2021

By David Hindley 1 February 2022, Build 188

MBIE recently released energy efficiency changes to the Building Code to help make new homes and buildings warmer, drier and healthier. These include increased minimum insulation requirements for roofs, windows and floors.

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One tool to rule them all?

By Jonquil Brooks 1 February 2022, Build 188, Feature article

With the growing urgency to measure carbon emissions from building and create warmer, drier, healthier homes, how can evaluation tools help? A Building Research Levy-funded project has been asking industry.

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