Department of Building and Housing's Building Controls Update 130 – new Guidance for repairing and rebuilding foundations in TC3 areas of Canterbury
Issue 38 – May 2012
The Department of Building and Housing has published technical guidance for repairing and rebuilding foundations in Technical Category 3 (TC3) areas of Canterbury.
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[more]Department of Building and Housing's Codewatch April 2012 – changes to protection from fire, warning systems, and signs
Issue 38 – May 2012
Changes to Protection from Fire documents
New Building Code clauses for Protection from Fire replace the previous Code clauses C1 – C4. The new clauses are clearer and more specific about building performance requirements for Protection from Fire.
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[more]New guidelines published to reduce workplace falls
Issue 38 – May 2012
Labour Minister Hon Kate Wilkinson has told the construction industry there's no longer any excuse for failure to work safely at height. The Minister launched the Best Practice Guidelines for Working at Height in New Zealand on 19 April 2012.
'These guidelines give everyone in the industry clear, simple advice that will help bring down the death and injury toll from avoidable falls in the construction industry.
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[more]New Zealand National Building Information Modelling Survey 2012 – report published
Issue 38 – May 2012
Masterspec, the producers of New Zealand's national specification system – in conjunction with BRANZ and NBS (UK) – have released a report on their National Building Information Modelling (BIM) survey for 2012.
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[more]Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board – April 2012 update
Issue 38 – May 2012
During March and April 2012, the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (PGDB) consulted on the following matters.
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[more]World Conference on Timber Engineering – July 2012
Issue 38 – May 2012
The World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) will be held from 15 to 19 July 2012 in Auckland. The WCTE:
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[more]Best practice – repair and strengthening of concrete structures seminars
Issue 38 – May 2012
The urgent need to repair a wide variety of structures damaged by the recent earthquakes in Christchurch means that building practitioners need to understand how to use the specialist techniques and materials involved.
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[more]DRAFT STANDARD FOR COMMENT
Free to download from our website: www.standards.co.nz
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[more]STANDARDS IN DEVELOPMENT
Chemical preservation of round and sawn timber – Amendment 5
Committee: P3640 A5
Project Manager: Carolyn Gay
Estimated Publication Date: July 2012
Comments: An amendment to NZS 3640 is underway to allow for the inclusion of new timber treatments and to align the Standard with Amendment 7 of B2/AS1. The draft amendment is available for public comment from 15 March – 9 May 2012.
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