BRANZ research

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Apartment upgrade

By Roman Jaques 1 June 2016, Build 154, Feature article

BRANZ Is monitoring an ageing Wellington City Council apartment block during a major upgrade to establish building performance and occupier satisfaction. This will give valuable advice for other apartment upgrades.

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Medium-rise compliance

By Greg Overton 1 June 2016, Build 154, Feature article

Going higher may help to provide much-needed housing, but there are concerns about how to demonstrate compliance when the guidance is often limited to buildings up to 3 storeys.

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No strings attached

By Trevor Pringle 1 June 2016, Build 154

A team at BRANZ designed some simple details for timber deck attachment and deck barriers and then handed them to BRANZ engineers to test. The outcome? Deck details you can be confident will perform.

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