While working through a set of plans for a new apartment complex recently, we were asked to specify a system for all external joinery that involved the use of PVF2 technology due to the location of these apartments by the sea.

The New Zealand economy finally produced some good news in October, with September quarter unemployment falling to 6.4%.

469 industry professionals participating in last weeks survey, and we have your combined results above.

The Department for Building and Housing (DBH) this week published a guide for building practitioners, updating what remedial work can (and can't) be completed without a building consent.

Seems like a simple enough question doesn’t it? Unfortunately the answer is not so simple.

Over the next few weeks we will collect and publish your feedback and views from the wider design network on to local and government officials all with the purpose of aiding the recovery from the Christchurch Earthquake.

Have you been required to provide the SFI (Spread of Flame Index) and SDI (Smoke Development Index) information of the specified coatings for a project recently?

How connected are the people in your office? how easy is it to collaborate with your project partners, clients of product suppliers?

With increased pressure on our environment there is a growing requirement for manufacturers like us to understand the impact our products have on the environment and how these impacts can be minimised.