NZ Metal Roofing Manufacturers

In issue 26 we reported on the holiday home of David Jack and Elizabeth Thomas at Langs Beach. An important design element of this innovative project was the design and fixing of the Thermospan roofing installed by Design Metal roofing. We acknowledge the excellent work done by Design Metal...

Stuart W.Thomson
Building Consultant

In the last year or so we have seen an increase in demand from BCAs for the use of stainless steel screws in Zincalume® roofs in severe environments.This is partly based on their interpretation of NZS 3604, which of course is...

Note: Dave Hall, Chairman, MRM Technical committee. Whilst the results from the samples tested showed that the best result was achieved by NZ made painted steel and the least durable was from an imported sample, we should not draw the conclusion that all NZ made products are better and all...

The new Laminex building in Penrose is testament to what can be achieved when Fletcher companies work together. Work began in May 2010 and was completed in December 2010 in time for a fresh start to 2011 for Laminex staff.

Dimond supplied the Roofing and Cladding product for the...

Owners Maddie Leach and Gary Bridle, when planning their new home, had a vision of a simple  structure reminiscent of the kiwi “Doc Hut”. The practical  implicity of open space providing shelter, warmth and strength appealed to their artistic values. “Simplicity is part of the built language of...

On Tuesday 3rd May 2011, the Auckland suburb of Albany experienced ‘an extreme weather event’. A large tornado touched down at 3.15pm and slammed through a shopping mall before moving south leaving a 5km trail of destruction.

Weather Watch chief analyst Philip Duncan said that the speed...

Pooling equity to create an extended family home seemed a logical step to Neil Jacka and Jacqui Simpson. The couple had planned to build a home behind Neil’s parents’ house in the Auckland suburb of Avondale once the property was subdivided.

Because they wanted a well-designed,...

Many schools in New Zealand were built prior to the current building standards, in 1998 the New Zealand Ministry of Education undertook a nationwide structural survey of all school buildings and site structures in order to identify specific structural defects that could potentially cause death...

The Copthorne Hotel in central Auckland is an established and high profile landmark, that is strategically sited on Anzac Avenue, in Auckland’s Central Business District, just “down the hill” from the University of Auckland Campus and close to the Vector Arena.

The...

The opening of an educational and cultural tourist village in Te Hana  as signalled a new dawn for what was once a community in crisis.

In fact, such were Te Hana’s problems with poor housing, crime and a polluted water supply that authorities wanted to close down the town, which is just...