Keeping in character
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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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.
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.
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.
By Simon Wegner, E.R. (Lisa) Langer – 1 August 2022, Build 191, Feature article
The occurrence of wildfires is growing and is no longer only the concern of fire services. Designers and builders must start thinking now about the houses they construct and how resilient they will be in a world of increased fire risk.
By Dr Muhammad Rashid, Greg Preston – 1 October 2022, Build 192
Engineers have come a long way in ensuring that the skeleton of a building does not fracture in an earthquake. However, work is now needed for our buildings to also remain functional. Research identified an opportunity to improve how we design, specify and procure the non-structural parts of a building.
By David Carradine, Dave Brunsdon, Simon Faulkner, Mark Willard – 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.
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.
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.
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.
By Paul Duggan – 1 February 2022, Build 188
An innovative project aims to reduce accidents and injuries on construction sites by using the power of BIM models to change behaviour in the way risks are managed, communicated and mitigated.