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Who’s building our dwellings?

By Ian Page 1 October 2017, Build 162, Feature article

A breakdown of the figures shows that over 30,000 new residential units were built in the year to June 2017. But who built them – volume builders or smaller enterprises – and how many are multi-units?

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Climate change housing costs

By Ian Page 1 October 2016, Build 156, Feature article

BRANZ has been looking at the cost of building in measures to future-proof housing against climate change. The questions are, what do we need to do and what is the extra cost?

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Claddings in 2017

By Nick Brunsdon 1 June 2018, Build 166, Feature article

Every year since 1998, builders and designers have diligently completed the BRANZ Materials and Characteristics Survey. Here we report on the findings from the 2017 survey.

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The cost of choices

By Matthew Curtis 1 October 2014, Build 144

Some designers and new-build clients are uncertain about the cost and value impacts of incorporating a range of design choices. To help, BRANZ has developed a table showing some price spreads in new homes.

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