The Building Act controls all of the building of houses and buildings in New Zealand, these include the construction of new, alterations, and demolishing of existing buildings.The T.A. (Territorial Authority) through the council has the duty to enforce and administer the requirements of the Building Act, they also have the... Continue reading

PLANS : Plans is probably the first document you will need before any building project is to commence.The owner and the architec have to work together to come up with the plans and it is then submitted to the council to be approved.Once the plans are approved by the council... Continue reading

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Blog lole This is a extension we are working on, the existing end of the building has dropped gradually over the years probably due to ground movement. Our task was to raise this part of the building to its original place so we can establish the true floor level for... Continue reading

These are some photos to show how we used acrows to raise end of building, also fracture lines on gib and scotia evidence of movement.Acrows are sitting on a 6 by 2 timber on top of the concrete slab inside the garage, you can see the cracks on the slab... Continue reading

Foundations is properly the main part of any building and to be constructed to its specification is very crucial.This is the anchor part of the building so it has to be strong, durable and be tied together to get its maximum strength.In this case we used a lot of steel... Continue reading

Sustaining warmth in our homes is one of the most talked about and important of the part of the building industry today.Most of our earlier homes do not have insulation or let alone building wrap in there walls,making these homes very cold at winter and we end up using more... Continue reading

Site preliminaries are related costs that are spent by contractors on their facilities on site, these are temporary facilities like porta loos or toilets,washing facilities for the workers, clean drinking water, lunch room or area, power box to supply safe power for the site. By law all sites shall have... Continue reading

STAKEHOLDERS: Homeowner : The homeowner is the main stakeholder in a building project and can endure a big loss if the project is not set out properly, therefore some research must go in to insuring that the right people and companies are involved in the project. The owner should work... Continue reading