Process thinking might be the key to helping you deliver better outcomes.

For specifiers working across Green Star, Homestar and other sustainability frameworks, coatings are no longer a purely technical selection. They are a critical lever in achieving both project performance and certification outcomes.

A residential building’s orientation and its surrounding topography aren’t, and cannot sensibly be, regulated by the NZ Building Code and yet these two factors have very significant effects on the internal thermal performance of each dwelling within the building, no matter if they are terraced or part of an apartment block. The same applies to standalone homes.

I certainly do. 

The easy answer is to charge more. Whether that is for your products or services or by asking your boss for a raise. Of course, reality is much harder than that.

Exterior timber coatings operate in fundamentally different ways and understanding this is essential to making the right call for each application.

Integrated testing of plumbing and passive fire systems provides a greater understanding of how components perform together within a building system.

Residential pool safety in New Zealand is regulated through the Building Act 2004, as amended by the Building (Pools) Amendment Act 2016, which introduced Building Code Clause F9 – Restricting access to residential pools. These provisions are designed to prevent unsupervised access by children under 5, requiring most pools to be enclosed by a compliant barrier.

Understanding your obligations under Part 4A of the Building Act 2004 — consumer rights and remedies in relation to residential building work.

I’ve always said: “if you are willing to give a square metre rate, all it shows is that you don’t know what you are talking about”. But what is the best way to answer this common question?

With the current rapidly evolving move of our new housing developments away from standalone homes to medium density attached dwellings, I consider that there is an urgent need for a new approach to the fenestration forms of these new building typologies. In the past houses had all four elevations exposed to the elements. Now there often are only two or three, and even just one exterior wall. The growing awareness of the summer over-heating problems of these new dwellings requires new approaches to design.