Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 2:34pm
Strategic Background
Recent and signalled changes in Law, around Builder liability, Council liability and Risk based consenting, have created a legal environment that is conducive to the development of an extended range of builder guarantees.
On the back of its...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 2:26pm
NZ Steel an integral part of ground-breaking home
Most people didn’t think it was possible to build on a 20-degree slope until pole houses were proven viable in the 1970s. But building on “insane” slopes of 45-degrees-plus had defied all safe construction efforts until Nic Ballara of...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 2:16pm
When HeliCorp owner Brent Glover decided he wanted to take his business to the next level, new premises had to be part of the equation.
For about 15 years, HeliCorp had been providing a wide range of helicopter flight services including scenic charter flights, corporate aviation...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 2:04pm
NZ Green Building Council updates the Steel Credit in Green Star NZ to something achievable.
If you build upmarket offices, commercial buildings or schools this should mean something to you. If it does read on to discover how we have finally made the steel credit applicable to NZ made...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 1:44pm
This new 309 square meter cascading house is perched on a cliff, on the southern border of the of Seagrove Conservation Estate, in the Wellington suburb of Newlands. The site offers amazing, panoramic views of Wellington harbour and is less than couple of hundred meters from the shoreline....
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 1:31pm
Nikau House
Like many downsizers, the owners of this Parnell townhouse wanted something that was more ‘lock up and leave’ after their children had left home and they sold the Remuera family home.
As they explain, “After we had sold in Remuera we ended up renting in Parnell. We didn’t...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 1:08pm
Building a home takes huge amounts of optimism and fortitude, especially when you are working parents with two pre-schoolers to look after while overseeing and helping with the construction of a bespoke home.
That was the task facing Michele Powles and husband James after they sold...
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 12:57pm
For the older generation“decramastic tiles*” means a scallop-shaped metal tile roof coated with stone chip. The issues that were often attributed to the product have, by some, continued to be associated with the new generation of acrylic, stone chip, metal tiles manufactured today....
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 29/04/2016 - 5:27pm
Scope 40 December 2015
Auckland Unitary Plan and systems guarantee. Architects and designers Isthumus, Hamish Stirrat, John Munro, Daryl Cockburn, Phil Smith and Fowler Homes.
Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 29/04/2016 - 5:14pm
Scope 38 April 2015
Profile on Stuart Thomson, technical articles designing smart and sustainablity. Reroofing the Pumphouse and asphalt shingles. Design Stonewood homes and architectual design by Mike Johns, Will Lewis and Peter Wynyard.
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