Builders & Joiners

Mar
29

BC to build the World’s Tallest Wood Building

Read the original News story from Vancouver Sun. Excerpt posted below for your convenience and discussion.

B.C. is moving ahead with plans to build what is expected to be the tallest wood  building in North America and possibly the world, Jobs [ More ] [ Read More ]

Mar
27

Timber paves way for quake-safe country

EXPAN Media Release, March 26 2012

Two buildings soon to be constructed in Christchurch could lead the way for a seismically safer New Zealand.

 

The Garden City will soon be home to two commercial buildings built of EXPAN, a revolutionary [ More ] [ Read More ]

Oct
11

NZ Wood Timber Design Awards Announced

The showcase Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Arts & Media building scooped two major awards in the NZ Wood Timber Design Awards announced on Tuesday – commercial engineering and commercial architectural excellence.

The three-storey, seismically-protected timber structure was entirely built from [ More ] [ Read More ]

Sep
27

DBH Building and Construction Outlook quarterly report

Key Themes – September 2011

The domestic economic recovery now slowly getting underway is starting to benefit the building sector. Residential building has been the worst affected part of the industry, with the number of new dwelling consents lodged in the [ More ] [ Read More ]

Sep
26

Gold reserve finalists announced for House of the Year awards

Read the original to see a full list of Gold reserve finalists.

National Gold Reserve finalists have been announced in the Registered Master Builders PlaceMakers 2011 House of the Year and RMB Commercial Project Awards.

The Gold Reserve medal winners [ More ] [ Read More ]