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By Dr Dave Dowdell – 1 April 2020, Build 177
Part two of our series on the carbon impact of stand-alone houses looks at how to design houses to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. This is crucial to helping New Zealand meet its environmental commitments.
By Kiran Saligame – 1 April 2020, Build 177
Following a 2-year transition period, Acceptable Solution B1/AS1 will no longer be used for foundations on land prone to liquefaction. Foundations will be consented as a Verification Method or Alternative Solution.
By Dael Climo – 1 April 2020, Build 177
It was shake, rattle and roll on a hill near Wellington when BRANZ put research into house foundations to a practical test.
By Kay Saville-Smith – 1 April 2020, Build 177, Feature article
While more new houses are going up, they’re not necessarily ones that middle and low-income New Zealanders can afford, leaving the housing affordability crisis unresolved.
By Chelydra Percy – 1 April 2020, Build 177
BRANZ Chief Executive Chelydra Percy writes that we all know the building industry has a problem with quality. The hard part is finding the root cause for this.
By James Berghan, David Goodwin – 1 April 2020, Build 177, Feature article
Could some of our problems with affordable housing be solved by establishing communities based on social mortgages where there are mutual responsibilities, shared values and close relationships?
By Jon Harper-Slade – 1 April 2020, Build 177
Accidents are rife in the construction industry. ConstructSafe, a health and safety competency assessment scheme, is looking to change this by providing a consistent standard for assessing worker knowledge.
By Annemarie Crampton – 1 April 2020, Build 177
By Juliet Clendon – 1 April 2020, Build 177
On-the-job learning was included as part of the LBP skills maintenance requirements in 2015. We recognised that many LBPs learn best by doing and that elective skills maintenance activities don’t capture learning on the job.
By Dr Casimir MacGregor – 1 April 2020, Build 177, Feature article
As the building industry acknowledges its contribution to climate change, BRANZ is starting a research project into how it can be supported to prepare for the impacts of climate change.
