Glass balustrades can elevate building design, but for a safe and compliant installation it is crucial to consider both glass and hardware together.
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Glass balustrades can elevate building design, but for a safe and compliant installation it is crucial to consider both glass and hardware together.
This month I discuss brick façades + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz.
H1 provides for the efficient use of energy and sets physical conditions for energy performance. Are the recent changes to the H1 clause just a small step along the road to adopting the International Passive House standards across New Zealand, like other members of the OECD experienced? Robert Whitehouse believes they are.
Consideration should be taken to futureproofing new developments to ensure surface water drainage is efficient and will prevent unnecessary flood damage to property. Our cities are becoming increasingly less permeable with a higher coverage of hard surfaces as they intensify.
Using mineral fibre ceiling tiles with a Group 1 fire rating can help ensure compliance and provide greater protection for building occupants in the event of a fire.
The 2023 EBOSS Construction Supply Chain Q1 Update (Q1 2023 Update) shows that price increases to building products have halved over the past six months and are set to stabilise even further as global pressures lessen and inventories continue to be well stocked.
While concrete floors on grade are a common choice for new homes, there are negative characteristics which only become evident in extraordinary circumstances, at which times the outcomes are usually disastrous.
‘Compostable’ means material that can be similarly broken down but — critically — into species that are useful and beneficial to compost.
Lawrie Saegers of Rawlinsons talks to us about how the industry has fared over the past few years and the challenges and opportunities we face as we look ahead.
Understanding details around specifying passive fire protection for drainage penetrations through balconies.
This month I discuss lift design + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz!
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