Build 186 Renovate it's much more than a lick of paint Cover

Build Magazine — 186

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Renovations & retrofits: Too many of our houses are sub-par. Renovating provides the opportunity to improve comfort, air quality and thermal performance, making them healthier and less demanding on the environment.

Modern construction methods: Modern construction or off-site manufacturing is taking off as it improves quality, delivers buildings faster and reduces construction waste.

Modern construction methods

  • Move to modern construction
  • SIPs for faster construction
  • Snapshot of NZ’s prefab challenges
  • Waste reduction through OSM

Renovations & retrofits

  • Converting a commercial property
  • From tent to toasty home
  • Houses ripe for renovation
  • Low-carbon retrofits
  • Planning for the future
  • Super-renos good for people and the planet
  • Time to change the windows!

Build Right

  • Important to keep the bottom plate whole

Design Right

  • E3/AS1 and wet area flooring

Departments

  • Power of imagination
  • Fire safety in multi-storey apartments
  • Builder-client relationships
  • Will our buildings stand climate change?
  • Future-proof buildings good for all
  • Industry undergoes change
  • Roar-tentions – finally some teeth?
  • Contracts as we move to zero carbon
  • Relationships can impact mental health
  • Selling your business

Regulars

  • Focus on renovations
  • Streamline OSM systems and details
  • A journey begins with one step
  • Residential base isolators