SR294 Building better: Advanced residential construction techniques for New Zealand (2013)

The Advanced Residential Construction Techniques (ARCT) project is a 2-year Building Research Levy-funded piece of work. The project aims to inform and inspire actors within and around the New Zealand residential construction sector to find alternative ways of doing things in order to improve quality, productivity and value for money of new dwellings. The focus of this project is on detached and semi-detached low to medium-density residential development.

This interim report is based on a desktop study looking at the barriers to the evolution of the New Zealand residential construction sector and compares it with overseas. The report then assesses techniques for improving the construction process and outcomes that are yet to be introduced in a meaningful scale in New Zealand.