By Dael Climo
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1 June 2015, Build 148
BRANZ Principal Scientist Mark Bassett has just retired after a long and distinguished career. In that time, he published over 100 papers and was responsible for groundbreaking work into energy efficiency, indoor air quality and leaky buildings.
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By Dael Climo
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1 August 2014, Build 143
When a company has the best results among larger builders for overall satisfaction in a BRANZ new house owners’ satisfaction survey, you have to ask the question – what did they do right?
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By Dael Climo
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1 February 2015, Build 146
David Kelly, the new Chief Executive of the Registered Master Builders Association (RMBA), steps into the role at an exciting time in the industry. He tells Build a bit about himself and how he sees the lie of the land.
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By Dael Climo
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1 December 2014, Build 145
As the company rebrands and repositions, Build asks Hawkins Group ceo Geoff Hunt, a bit about himself and what the changes at the company mean.
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1 April 2015, Build 147
Tim Nees, in the new role of Architect in Residence at the University of Canterbury, talks to Build about collaboration between disciplines and his hopes and concerns, for the architecture of the re-emerging city.
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1 June 2014, Build 142
It’s clear architectural designer Craig Jarvis has always been up for a challenge, and now, in possibly the biggest test of all, he has registered the first New Zealand home to attempt to achieve the very strict criteria set by the Living Building Challenge.
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