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Concern over low industry productivity has prompted a programme to extend industry’s management knowledge.
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By John Duncan – 1 June 2010, Build 118, Feature article
Concern over low industry productivity has prompted a programme to extend industry’s management knowledge.
By Adrian Barker – 1 December 2011, Build 127
Recently published research shows strong growth expectations within the building and construction industry are unlikely to match reality for many unless companies ask themselves a few hard questions.
By Malcolm Cunningham – 1 June 2013, Build 136, Feature article
Remediation work on leaky buildings is exposing workers to biocontaminants from the deteriorated building materials inside the walls. Recent research highlights the importance of always following good health and safety procedures.
By David Norman – 1 August 2014, Build 143, Feature article
As the industry adjusts to new measures to protect people working at height, a BRANZ project is looking at whether these changes are translating into overall cost savings.
By Greg Overton – 1 April 2015, Build 147
BRANZ Maps, a free online geographic information system (GIS) with information on New Zealand addresses, is now even more useful. You can access it from any mobile device to check wind zones and much more.
By Dr Michael Keall, Dr Jagadish Guria, Malcolm Cunningham, Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman, Michael Baker – 1 October 2008, Build 108, Feature article
The Healthy Housing Index project is helping to assess the quality and safety of New Zealand houses.
By Greg Baker, Dr Colleen Wade – 1 October 2012, Build 132, Feature article
Research in New Zealand is leading to advances in fire engineering design and protection. We look at some of the work under way at BRANZ and the universities.
By Nikki Buckett – 1 April 2013, Build 135
A BRANZ project is looking at advanced residential construction techniques as a way to use new thinking to solve old problems.
By Kelvin Zuo, Jeff Seadon, Professor Suzanne Wilkinson – 1 February 2013, Build 134, Feature article
Interviews of stakeholders in the Canterbury construction sector have identified productivity improvement opportunities and impediments.
By Rolf Huber – 1 February 2014, Build 140
A recent building information modelling (BIM) survey shows that while the local industry has taken significant steps towards accepting BIM, further clarification is needed for industry about what BIM actually is.