Michael Nuth

“Cover page of a BRANZ study report titled ‘Residents’ perspectives of maintaining medium‑density housing’
Research Report

SR444 Residents’ perspectives of maintaining medium-density housing

Product Description This report investigates residents’ experiences of maintaining medium-density housing (MDH). The study presents different perspectives of MDH from those commonly heard – one that represents views generated from...
  • Medium density housing
Free
Cover page of a BRANZ study report titled ‘Industry perceptions of weathertightness failure in residential construction’
Research Report

SR442 Industry perceptions of weathertightness failure in residential construction

Product Description This report investigates industry beliefs about why weathertightness issues persist in new residential builds and how these issues can be mitigated. The research methods used include an online...
  • Weathertightness
Free
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Research Report

SR463 Managing earthquake-prone council buildings: Balancing life safety risks and community costs

This research aimed to better understand how territorial authorities currently make occupancy decisions related to earthquake-prone buildings and how they could do this better. In doing so, we combined legal,...
  • Seismic
Free
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Research Report

SR487 Improving design management

Product Description This study report highlights independent design managers (IDMs) in the New Zealand construction industry. Unlike other construction disciplines, no minimum qualifications or professional memberships for IDM professionals exist...
  • Business management
Free
Cover page of a BRANZ study report titled ‘Medium‑density housing technical issues’
Research Report

SR428 Medium-density housing technical issues

Product Description This report identifies technical issues with medium-density housing as perceived by New Zealand’s building and construction industry. The research methods used include an online survey, workshops and in-depth...
  • Medium density housing
Free
Resilience

Earthquake Prone Public Buildings: Balancing life safety risks/communication costs
Following the 2011 Canterbury and 2016 Hurunui/Kaik?ura earthquakes, the focus on seismic risk and associated seismic assessment process led to the rapid closure of several public buildings throughout the country....
Start date:  1 Apr 2020
Completed on  14 Apr 2022
Quality

Persistence of weathertightness issues
EQI Awareness of solutions: This project focuses on the reasons for persistent, high impact, high frequency quality issues in the construction industry, aiming also to locate solutions for defects and...
Start date:  31 Oct 2017
Completed on  31 Mar 2020
Affordability

Medium Density Housing (MDH): Residents perspectives on maintenance
This work aims to fill the gaps in knowledge for MDH owners and residents around the maintenance requirements specific to MDH.
Start date:  28 Feb 2018
Completed on  31 Mar 2020
Affordability

Medium Density Housing (MDH): Technical Issues
This project is exploring the technical issues which affect MDH from the perspective of tradespeople building & designing MDH, so as to identify research gaps and inform the direction of...
Start date:  4 Dec 2017
Completed on  31 May 2019