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Three Key Ways We Can Speed Up the Building Consent Process

Professor Anthony Hōete shares three recommendations from ModelDocs — a BRANZ funded research programme that delves into NZ’s building consent process to seek behavioural transformation.

What can LBPs, architects and BCOs do better to reduce consenting timeframes?

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24 January 2012

Greenwash in the Paint Industry

In 2008 the New Zealand Commerce Commission issued a press release on "greenwashing".

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30 November 2011

A Toilet Partition or Washroom Equipment Item is Only as Good as Its Fixings

The most common question I am asked by the specifier is that of durability. 'How long will your product last in the environment in question?' 

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15 September 2011

iPad Viewer for SketchUp

Have you ever wanted to take your SketchUp models on the go?

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1 August 2011

VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) and Paint

Over the past few years the paint industry has been working to reduce the level of VOCs in paint products. 

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13 June 2011

DBH's Simpler System for Structural Timber Framing

A simpler system for timber treatment has recently been introduced by the Department of Building and Housing and is summarised in a Quick Guide to Timber Treatment for Enclosed Framing.

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1 June 2011

Australis Nathan Britomart Product Tender

eboss are assisting Nat Cheshire from Cheshire Architects for Cooper & Company's re-fit of Australis Nathan's ground floor in Britomart.

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31 May 2011

Life Cycle of Transparent Coatings

Transparent and semi-transparent coatings on timbers do not have the same life cycle as opaque coatings.

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26 May 2011

Infometrics Building + Property Economic Update for May

Outside Canterbury, the general tenor of economic information during the past month has been encouraging.

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11 May 2011

Latest Building Consent Numbers More of the Same

Statistics NZ have released information on the number of building consents issued in March 2011.

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21 April 2011

Visible Stopping Lines after Painting

This post covers off some of the causes of visible stopping lines after painting.

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