Technical Articles
Waitangi Gateway
“Staff at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds now have the space and facilities to welcome and engage with every visitor individually,” commented Waitangi National Trust CEO Jeanette Richardson following the official opening on Waitangi Day 2010 of the new ‘Gateway’ Reception Centr ...read more
FORGOTTEN LESSONS OF THE PAST
Following the Christchurch earthquakes, engineering experts have recommended replacing heavy tile roofs with lightweight metal roofing.Inspections revealed that extensive damage was caused to houses by chimneys falling through heavy tile roofs or by the tiles coming loose and falling whereas metal ...read more
Buckling of roof flashings
BUCKLING OF ROOF FLASHINGS Rod Newbold (Commercial Manager, Steel & Tubing Roofing Products),John Turner (Wood Technologist, SCION) THE PROBLEM. There has been a spate of compression buckling of transverse roof flashings, such as ridges, aprons, and apex barges, over recent years. The bucklin ...read more
Stockton mine coal handling and processing plant
Mother Nature throws up plenty of issues on this project. Article supplied coutesy of Jenny Bain. Rooflink Stockton Mine in Buller, New Zealand’s largest opencast coal mining operation, has been a site of coal extraction since the late 1870s. Located high on a plateau north of Westport, 800m ...read more