Tag: Progressive Building
RSSEye on the prize
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Justin Foote catches up with recipient of the 2014 Progressive Building Young Achiever of the Year Award, Matt Cameron.
Clean green image
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Owner-occupiers take note: solar technology is not only good for your public image, it also helps your bottom line.
Excellence in Steel Awards
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Over 400 industry professionals came together to celebrate the sector’s achievements at Auckland’s Aotea Centre.
Shock proof
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World-first technology has given Young Hunter House in Christchurch the ability to withstand a one-in-2500-year seismic event.
Winners announced: 2015 NZIOB Awards
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The programme rewards excellence in the New Zealand building professions and recognises individual performance.
In the cloud
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Progressive Building visits one of the largest, most sophisticated data centres on the planet, Spark’s $60 million data centre.
Rising again
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The 13-month rebuild of Christchurch’s historic Knox Church was a complex project.
Market Success
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At a busy Wellington intersection, this mixed-use development - now home to Trade Me - was a challenging build.
Inflatable concrete
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A new technology has been developed which does away with the need for expensive propping.
Curvey Basin
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The Remarkables skifield in Queenstown underwent a facelift in just five months, beginning at the end of winter last year.
Winners announced: 2014 NZIOB Awards
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View winners of the 2014 NZIOB and GIB Awards for excellence in the building professions.
The test of time
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Progressive Building talks to the experts about the complexities of seismically strengthening unreinforced masonry buildings.
Enviable envelopes
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Joanna Jefferies looks into the future of how we enclose our buildings.
Strength redefined
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A triptych of structural elements in this central Christchurch rebuild marks a world first.
Hunting ground
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Geoff Hunt talks to Progressive Building about his career as the Hawkins Group chief executive officer.
Building value
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Tim Shadbolt shares his thoughts on his career in the construction sector, and why our southern city will continue to thrive.
Kaikoura’s treasure
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This ‘craypot’ building is constructed entirely in timber and is the first in the world to use shear walls of CLT and LVL.
Missing the mark
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Are our rental properties up to scratch? According to a pilot housing warrant of fitness programme, maybe not.
Clean heating
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Progressive Building investigates the unhealthy level of emissions from household heating.
Counting costs
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Sweeping changes to house insurance policies could result in homeowners being caught short, RMBF’s Warwick Quinn says.