Featured in this Build magazine issue
Fire: The fire performance of building façades is a hot topic. Recent work has improved our understanding of how to test their fire performance, particularly in taller timber buildings, and is investigating other fire risks in buildings and fire safety in densified housing.
Ventilation: Our buildings are changing and so is the ventilation required to keep them healthy. Factors like airtightness, location, climate and occupant use all play an important part.
Fire
- Diploma paves the way
- Façade fire testing for timber structures
- Fire design of tall timber buildings
- Fire engineering qualifications
- Fire safety for densified housing
- Lithium batteries – what’s the problem?
- Talking façade fire testing
- Toxicity of contents in building fires
Ventilation
- A school lesson
- Airtightness of apartments
- Optimal ventilation?
- Speaking from experience
Build Right
- Hold-down fixings
Design Right
- Subfloor bracing distribution
- Boundary wall fire resistance rating
Departments
- Asking the big questions
- Assessing SIPs in New Zealand
- Consumer knowledge about building
- NZ vs Australia building regs
- Preparing for climate change
- Registrar’s update
- Building a sleepout consent-free
- Certificates of work
- Secure your site and equipment
- Accord-aligned contracts
- Keeping mentally healthy
- Business finance assistance
Regulars
- Celebrating 30 years
- Resilience requires capacity
- We must think long term