What makes buyers comfortable?
People want comfortable homes. At the same time, they also want to be listened to and feel what they are being sold genuinely meets their needs, not just to be told that it does.
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People want comfortable homes. At the same time, they also want to be listened to and feel what they are being sold genuinely meets their needs, not just to be told that it does.
Following a review of passive fire installation works, a rigorous assessment process for applicators and installers has been established by the Canterbury District Health Board. This has lessons for other organisations to help improve installation quality.
Eliminating quality defects in residential construction would boost productivity. In recent research, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) quantified the benefit to our economy and households.
Customers expect options with different prices and benefits when buying anything from cars to fridges. Why don’t we offer clients options to achieve a better-performing home? They can get many benefits for little extra cost.
Why don’t builders take full advantage of the latest technology and new products to improve the quality of their work? BRANZ took to the road asking the question and to see what help industry needs to change.
Nick Hill, Chief Executive, Building Officials Institute of NZ (BOINZ), has some ideas about how industry participants could contribute towards improving building quality.
Independent design managers are increasingly being brought in to oversee complex construction projects. A recent BRANZ study asked whether performance benchmarks need to be established for this currently unregulated field.
Builders shouldn’t make do with a poor fit as this can bring a range of problems. If the fit is less than perfect, what amount of variation can be tolerated before rework is required?
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is taking a whole-of-system approach as it reviews how it manages and regulates the construction sector.