What is Build?
Long history and highly regarded
What stories are in Build?
Readership
Build readers' survey
Contacts

What is Build?

Build is the bimonthly building industry magazine packed with up-to-date, independent advice and information on a wide range of building-related issues.

Build is the flagship publication of BRANZ Ltd - an organisation providing independent, unbiased research and information for the New Zealand building and construction industry. BRANZ advice is widely respected, which is why Build is used by industry as a key reference tool and articles are kept for permanent reference by nearly 64% of readers.

Long history and highly regarded

Build has been published since 1978 (in a bulletin format) and from 1990 as a bimonthly magazine (February, April, June, August, October and December).

BRANZ Ltd is New Zealand's leading provider of information, research, consultancy and testing services for the construction industry. For more than 30 years, BRANZ has been offering sound and independent advice to New Zealand's construction industry and is renowned nationally and internationally for its expertise and credibility.

What stories are in Build?

Build focuses on providing solutions to issues that are vital to everyone earning their living from the construction sector. As well as topical cover features, every edition includes the very popular practical Build Right and Design Right articles, new research findings, product appraisals, innovation ideas and case studies, safety advice and building history.

Cover features for 2012-13

• Build 129 Apr/May 12 - Buildings and health / Licensed building practitioners
• Build 130 June/July 12 - Changing housing demand / Materials and specifications
• Build 131 Aug/Sept 12 - Technology / Remediation
• Build 132 Oct/Nov 12 - Claddings / Fire
• Build 133 Dec 12/Jan 13 - Business of building / Managing moisture
• Build 134 Feb/Mar 13 - Lessons from Canterbury / Compliance
• Build 135 Apr/May 13 - Commercial buildings / Maintenance

Readership

Build's audited circulation was 17,021 copies at June 2011, but it reaches nearly 50,000 decision-makers right across the construction industry. It influences builders, architects, designers, manufacturers, subcontractors, engineers, building suppliers, building officials, education providers and building owners.

As well as subscribers, Build is sent to members of organisations and associations including:

• Certified Builders Association of New Zealand
• Registered Master Builders Federation
• Building Levy members
• New Zealand Institute of Architects
• New Zealand Institute of Building
• New Zealand Institute of Building Surveyors
• Architectural Designers New Zealand
• Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation apprentices
• Licensed Building Practitioners and many others.

Build readers' survey

Build magazine carries out regular reader surveys. There were many favourable comments from respondents in 2011 including:

• "Brilliant magazine - An industry ‘must read' for our builders, designers, and anyone about to build"
• "Best building magazine I have seen in this industry"
• "Build is the only magazine I keep"
• "I get other industry magazines, but Build is the MOST ESSENTIAL"
• "Excellent magazine"
• "Very good magazine, look forward to it coming"

Contacts

Editor Annemarie Crampton Tel: (04) 238 1351
Advertising Sales Graeme Hughes Tel: (07) 839 2602