LBP Skills Maintenance, August 2024 — for all LBPs | The Government has announced there will be a public consultation in the coming months on a range of options to increase the uptake of remote inspections.
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LBP Skills Maintenance, August 2024 — for all LBPs | The Government has announced there will be a public consultation in the coming months on a range of options to increase the uptake of remote inspections.
Speaking at 'The Development of Auckland' event on Tuesday 24th June, Elizabeth Wells, SHA Consenting Manager of the Housing Project Office, delivered an informative presentation entitled 'Special Housing Areas – Opportunities and Challenges'.
Thermal mass can have a positive or negative influence on the thermal performance of a building depending upon how it is used.
This month we introduce Jerome Partington to Detailed. Jerome is an expert in sustainable building practices and is a Senior Associate at Jasmax, where he helps create some of the most advanced sustainable projects in New Zealand.
An architect recently approached Potters Interiors expressing concerns of ‘live loads’ in the new multi-floor buildings they were designing.
We are encouraged to insulate and double glaze our homes and even to add thermal mass. While a bare minimum of each is not good, how much and in what proportion is best?
Professional indemnity policies have a number of key elements that make them slightly different from other kinds of professional insurance.
ALF (Annual Loss Factor) thermal simulation software, used to show compliance with NZBC-H1, was developed to analyse stand-alone houses, not for dwellings with party walls or within multi-unit developments.
Scyon Axon Panel is classified as a ‘non-combustible’ material that is suitable for cladding and complies with the requirements of C3.7 of Clause-C of the NZBC.
This month we introduce Harvey Kerr to Detailed. Harvey has been in the insurance industry for over 30 years and will be providing insights into professional indemnity for construction professionals. Harvey specialises in insurance programmes for designers.
A two-day short course on one of the industry's most important topics – sustainable building – will be running in Auckland and Christchurch in June, held by Otago Polytechnic.
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