Taking care with roof-collected drinking water
Nothing could be as fresh and pure to drink as rainwater – could it? A Massey University study shows people must take care to ensure roof-collected rainwater is safe to drink.
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By Stan Abbott – 1 February 2007, Build 98, Feature article
Nothing could be as fresh and pure to drink as rainwater – could it? A Massey University study shows people must take care to ensure roof-collected rainwater is safe to drink.
By John Burgess – 1 February 2007, Build 98
Changes in window installation have contributed to some of the weathertightness problems of the last decade. BRANZ is researching the issues.
By Nigel Isaacs – 1 April 2007, Build 98
Gold diggers used flax bushes or hotel alleys as toilets but, as populations grew and sensibilities increased, this stopped being acceptable.
1 February 2007
Are buildings making us sick? Complex buildings - meeting the challenges in complex builds.
By Alide Elkink – 1 February 2007, Build 98
Timber blocking or herringbone strutting is intended to provide lateral support to floor joists by providing stiffening to the joists and transferring some of the load to adjacent joists.
By Stephen Sargent – 1 February 2007, Build 98, Feature article
New Zealand has a building regime that is performance based rather than prescriptive. An adjunct to this regime, most successfully used for complex buildings, is a ‘performance’ specification – where performance requirements are written into the specifications rather than details. The more prescriptive details come later in the process.
By Trevor Pringle – 1 February 2007, Build 98
In the fight against corrosion, hot-dip galvanising can be a useful tool.
By David Killick – 1 February 2007, Build 98, Feature article
The proposed building practitioners’ licences will relate to the complexity of buildings worked on. The highest category, three, covers large or special-use buildings, such as hospitals. You can see why when looking at Christchurch’s new Women’s Hospital and the complex challenges met by the team putting it together.
By Stephen Sargent – 1 February 2007, Build 98
Changes to the Building Code have clarified where wet area linings and finishes should be used instead of ordinary linings and finishes.
By Ian Page – 1 February 2007, Build 98, Feature article
As licensing of building practioners approaches we focus on the categories of buildings being built now and how many people will be needed in the different licence classes in the future.