Every builder needs a mate - have you got yours?

Builder's Mate is written specially for frontline builders! It's available free from branches of Carters, PlaceMakers, Benchmark, ITM and Mitre 10, or your local council office, or click on a link below to download a PDF file.

Published every 2 months, Builder's Mate is full of good-practice building advice, tips, tricks and information and cartoons - as well as news on what's happening in the industry. This 4-page bulletin is brought to you courtesy of the Building Research Levy. Builder's Mate provides frontline builders with building advice and information in a bright, light and easy-to-read format that'll keep you engrossed through smoko - and beyond. Every issue also features a competition - check out the competition winners.

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• BM53 April 2012: We have liftoff! (Securing building components against wind uplift). Garage door clearances and levels.
• BM52 February 2012: Concrete formwork for slabs and low walls. Traditional skills part 1: Fibrous plaster.
• BM51 December 2011: New ways of putting in windows. Concrete slab reinforcing. What was that? (Hearing protection)
• BM50 October 2011: Update on construction changes. Liquefaction - a simple explanation.
• BM49 August 2011: Bottom plate fixings. Pipe insulation. Recessed downlights.
• BM48 June 2011: Timber-framed buildings - what's new? Support for sagging ceilings and roofs.
• BM47 April 2011: Getting the sequence right. Ladder safety quiz.
• BM46 February 2011: Becoming a licensed building practitioner. Mystery mistake (bossing stick).
• BM45 December 2010: Mind the gap!
• BM44 October 2010: Follow the 4Ds. Measuring moisture content in timber.

Competition winners