Tag: Construction | Architecture Now

Hays NAWIC Excellence Awards

News | Thirty-seven finalists have been announced for the Hays NAWIC Excellence Awards, which celebrates women in construction.

Practice | A look at recent changes to the Health and Safety at Work Act, and how architects can avoid running into problems.

News | Call for entries for the second Hays NAWIC Excellence Awards, celebrating the achievements of women working in construction.

News | Resource consent has just been granted for a 52-storey residential high-rise on Customs Street East in Auckland.

Practice | Not since the industrial revolution has the construction industry faced the kind of widespread change that BIM heralds.

Review | The use of this natural, ancient material in a range of both simple and complex projects illustrates its timeless flexibility.

Careers | A Queenstown-based construction quantity surveying and cost management business has just been launched by Mick Moffatt.

Projects | Two of the latest buildings to join Christchurch’s growing skyline are the ANZ and BNZ centres in the city’s CBD.

Practice | A look at concrete corrosion and how the industry is working together to combat its steady march.

People | Arrow International’s CEO Mark Hopwood discusses the last four years at the helm of Arrow New Zealand.

Practice | Some essential tips to assist in leveraging your market knowledge to position your business as an industry leader.

Practice | Thomas Denhardt speaks with some pioneers of ‘PC-guided production’, which is changing construction in New Zealand.

People | Dr Robyn Phipps teaches construction at Massey University and is an advocate for improving health through better building.

Review | We feature 15 creative projects celebrating the variety of ways that this transparent, reflective material can be utilised.

Practice | Justin Foote investigates the role of continuing education within the building and construction industry.

Projects | The people of Kaikoura have a new integrated health facility, replacing the 100-year-old hospital.

Practice | Progressive Building talks to Steel Construction NZ manager Alistair Fussell about the state of the steel industry.

Projects | Occupied in one form or other since 1845, the corner of Cuba and Dixon Streets is once again the centre of Wellington.

Practice | Bristol-based architectural practitioner and renewable building entrepreneur Craig White discusses straw bale construction.

Projects | Burwood Hospital’s redevelopment forms part of the largest hospital building project ever undertaken in New Zealand.