NZ Metal Roofing Manufacturers

After almost 50 years in the roofing industry, Darrell Back, the immediate past president of the NZMRM, has seen a lot of changes but he has always regarded his industry colleagues as “family”. As Darrell says, “As president I likened industry to a family – we are a unit that has strong ties to...

NZMRM and NZ Steel are members of the NZ Green Building Council 

We have previously discussed the long process of having metal roofing recognised by NZGBC as eligible for credit under the MAT-8 rating in the Green Star accreditation system which recognises the sustainability of products...

The project initially commenced in 2007, after the Salvation Army outgrew its former Durham Street building. They had purchased their ideal block of land on the corner of Colombo and Salisbury Streets, and engaged Dalman Architect’s to complete the design. After a number of hurdles, the building...

Building a stylish and affordable home on a steep, south-facing site was a big challenge for Vorstermans Architects. But it’s one they met so well that the  ‘Hillside House’ recently won a New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) Wellington Architecture Award. 

As the NZIA jury noted: “...

Re-roofing Hillary’s hut at Scott Base
An iconic piece of New Zealand’s history – Sir Edmund Hillary’s hut at Scott Base – has been completely restored with roofing and cladding installed late last year by specialist standing seam roofer Mike Burgess, who talks to Jenny Bain. The hut is an...

When a designer who thinks outside the “little boxes on the hillside”, collaborates with an established building industry leader to create a building reflecting the client’s ethos of quality and honesty, the result can be spectacular. 

The Certified Builders Association of New Zealand (...

When architect Mitchell Coll designed two adjoining townhouses in central Christchurch, he also future-proofed them by making them removable and joinable. “Eventually the land will be worth more than the buildings so I would like to think that they will be moved off and used as baches rather...

By no means would Jenny and Murray Butler describe themselves as “greenies” but they could both see the sense in building a sustainable, energy-efficient holiday home in Queenstown.

The couple, who live in Auckland, had bought a piece of land in the exclusive Jack’s Point subdivision and...

Metrotile’s new Shingle concealed fastening roofing product is an innovative system that offers roof watertightness. With an interlocking Secure Lock (SL) lap system that can be installed direct-to-deck. 

Key features of the CF Shingle System:

• Concealed fastening 
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In previous articles we have discussed the role Standards play in providing a framework for regulation of all sorts of products, systems, safety in many industries, and specifically how it does this for the building industry. Standards NZ have covered the new relationship with MBIE, and its...