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Dodgy products getting through NZ's building product tests, industry says

New Zealand's building product standards need an overhaul, industry participants say.

  • Source/ReadMore A RadioNZ release
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Cabinet to consider govt procurement after construction sector woes

Cabinet will consider whether government ministries should take a longer-term approach to construction negotiations after Ebert Construction was tipped into receivership, sparking wider concerns about cost pressures in the construction industry.

  • Source Businessdesk
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Subbies’ law has helped sink construction companies

All sub contractors on Albany's Library Lane project have now picked up their tools from the site.
The changes in the building industry that improved life for sub contractors after construction company collapses may have helped sink those same companies, according to a building industry expert reports Alexia Russell for Newsroom.

  • Source/ReadMore A Newsroom release by Alexia Russell
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Contractor appointed to build new bridge over the Ōpaoa River, Blenheim

The NZ Transport Agency has formally appointed Downer New Zealand Ltd to carry out the construction of a new bridge over the Ōpaoa River in Blenheim.

  • Source A NZ Transport Agency release
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Supplier of aluminium composite panels pulls out of CodeMark

The country's leading supplier of aluminium composite panels for high-rise buildings has pulled out of the government's troubled CodeMark scheme reports Phil Pennington for RadioNZ.

  • Source/ReadMore A RadioNZ release
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More certainty in construction sector smooths boom and bust cycle

The 2018 National Construction Pipeline Report released today shows signs of sustained growth for the next six years, Minister for Building and Construction Jenny Salesa says.

  • Source The Beehive
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Homeowners sign up to steel mesh class action

The mesh is meant to be able to stretch by at least 10 per cent. The standard was increased from 2 per cent after the Christchurch earthquake.
More homeowners have signed up to a class action against Steel & Tube after it pleaded guilty to making misleading claims about its steel mesh according to a report in Stuff..

  • Source/ReadMore Stuff
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Suspension of six aluminium composite panel (ACP) CodeMark certificates

Following a number of high profile fires involving combustible, polyethylene core aluminium composite panels (ACPs) as external cladding, the use of the ACP has been the subject of a number of avenues of inquiry, both in New Zealand and internationally.

  • Source A MBIE release
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Building & apprentices

"We shouldn't have the word dole and apprenticeships in the same sentence. It's sends bad signals and it should be marketed or presented in another way. We don't want construction to be seen as the dumping ground to
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Twyford’s ‘middle-class aspirational’ plan

Phil Twyford needs 100,000 households to buy his KiwiBuild homes. The eligibility criteria announced today give him just enough.
Labour unveils a plan allowing couples earning up to $180,000 a year to bid for houses costing $650,000. Phil Twyford describes KiwiBuild as "a middle-class aspirational home-ownership policy" writes Thomas Coughlan for Newsroom.

  • Source/ReadMore Newsroom with Thomas Coughlan
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NZIOB launches new skills training workshop series

The New Zealand Institute of Building (NZIOB) together with building supply merchant Carters, has launched a series of skills training workshops for construction managers, those managing commercial building sites and larger residential projects.

  • Source New Zealand Institute of Building
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Ara to help Pacific Islanders reap rebuild rewards

A local carpenter being assessed in Samoa as part of the new Pacific Trades Partnership initiative.
As part of a new initiative called the Pacific Trades Partnership (PTP) the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has contracted Ara Institute of Canterbury to oversee skills assessments of tradespeople in the Pacific Islands.

  • Source ARA
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Palace of the Alhambra Spain

Palace of the Alhambra, Spain

By: Charles Nathaniel Worsley (1862-1923)

From the collection of Sir Heaton Rhodes

Oil on canvas - 118cm x 162cm

Valued $12,000 - $18,000

Offers invited over $9,000

Contact:  Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242

Henry@HeritageArtNZ.com

 

Mount Egmont with Lake

Mount Egmont with Lake 

By: John Philemon Backhouse (1845-1908)

Oil on Sea Shell - 13cm x 14cm

Valued $2,000-$3,000

Offers invited over $1,500

Contact:  Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242

Henry@HeritageArtNZ.com

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