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Could traditional ways of home building be on the wane? BRANZ research has determined that off-site construction could deliver homes that are faster to build and of a more consistent quality.
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Could traditional ways of home building be on the wane? BRANZ research has determined that off-site construction could deliver homes that are faster to build and of a more consistent quality.
While our performance-based building legislation allows for innovation, it’s not easy for those wanting to introduce products and construction techniques not prescribed in the Building Act. What do other countries do?
A BRANZ project is looking at advanced residential construction techniques as a way to use new thinking to solve old problems.
Off-site manufacturing is ramping up, yet it can be hindered by the current consent system. An answer would be to implement automated compliance checking by making use of BIM.
Cost-effective and convenient, the use of prefabricated building elements is already widespread and seems certain to grow.
How do prefabricated building systems stack up environmentally and economically compared with traditional construction? BRANZ has been taking a look.
Are planning barriers hindering the uptake of complete prefabricated housing? A Levy-funded project reviewing district plans in 25 high-growth and medium-growth urban areas discovered inconsistencies in requirements.
A study into the use of panellised prefab in New Zealand broke new ground in quantifying the benefits of this building typology over traditional building systems.
To simplify the consenting process for structural insulated panels (SIPs), we need to know how they perform locally. A BRANZ research project is helping by examining SIP durability, earthquake and fire performance.