When it comes to Covid-19 the contract empowers the Engineer with the responsibility and power to suspend the contract works.

Building Consents for 3,176 dwellings were issued in December 2019. The equivalent of 37,795 dwellings PA. In the last three years our population has grown f...

Teachers spend their own money buying packets of coloured stars because they know the performance enhancing power of recognition. A school principal told me ...

The real success of Kiwi-build is that its initial implementation failure has kept us firmly focused on the need for a workable solution to a real problem, t...

We use the word integrity to mean honesty. It really means being whole, complete, and undivided. Integrity is what we wrap around our values

I can forgive a young person making some rookie mistakes, but when senior people cross the line, anarchy will follow.

If you have plans to repaint your house this summer while listening to the cricket, protect yourself.

In the November NZBE Latest Buzz we present the new updates to the NZBE product, and discuss what is coming the future.

Too often parties choose to argue to avoid resolving matters, they see their “black” is actually “white” and wish it were grey.

First, let us recognise that the problem with asking for a market response, based on multiple unqualified interpretations of the design docs

Multi units are ascending proportionally. Urban and suburban redevelopment into units is well established. Businesses now focus on educating

Only two authors seemed diligently focused on contractual interpretation as a whole topic to be completely understood.

It is like oxygen to lungs or fire that burns brightly On the 25th subbies scribe their prayers politely.

It starts with the landowners vision, It ends with the landowners wallet, And in between… black magic happens. PROCESS OVERVIEW The designer interprets and t...

You have made the tender list and documents have been issued. Now refer the NZBE full A-Z tender checklist.

Rule #1. It’s not about you, it’s about the people The best leaders do not create more followers, they create more leaders. Eleanor Roosevelt. A good leader ...

Freeing standards is absolutely essential as a solution to many problems plaguing the building industry.

THE NZ BUILDING ECONOMIST... A NATIVE BEE-BUILDING STORY

As mamma bear used to say, every quantity surveyor puts together their construction cost estimates in their own unique way. There are many parts to compiling...

The trends show increasing average Gross Floor Area from 2000 to 2010 then decreasing average Gross Floor Area. A closer look at the type of housing consente...