Featured in this Build magazine issue
Seismic learnings: Earthquake engineering knowledge, technology and regulations continue to evolve, particularly following the damage and loss of life from the Canterbury and Kaikoura quakes.
Cleaning up: Construction and demolition waste dominates all rubbish at landfills. There are calls for the industry to reduce this. One way is at the very beginning of a building’s life cycle – during its design.
Seismic learnings
- Learnings from Canterbury
- Seismic design for suspended ceilings
- Seismic leaps in technology
- Shake-up following Kaikoura
Cleaning up
- Asbestos in soil
- Design to minimise waste
- Removing asbestos
- Waste in the regions
- What a waste!
Build Right
- Keeping subfloor air out of cavities
- Movement control joints
Design Right
- Designing to beat the heat
- Wind noise in buildings
Departments
- Understanding water use
- Fringe benefit tax for builders
- Information flow matters
- Panellised prefab’s benefits
- Registrar’s update
- Designers – know your responsibilities
- Green schools are smart schools
- Improper use of statutory demands
- Stay cool, stay safe
- Master facilitator
- 2018 Build readers’ survey
- Cold roofs? Warm roofs?
Regulars
- Shaping the future
- Insulate rental homes now