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News
Kiwi takes
out Aussie
awards
IN A FIRST, a Kiwi woman has won two high- pro le Australian construction industry awards. Lucy Eng, who is a Project and Cost Manager at Beca in Christchurch, won the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors In nite Value Women in Construction and Professional of the Year awards.
Lucy says quantity surveying and construction management appealed to her because of the challenges involved in di erent phases of a project life cycle.
‘I love having the opportunity to work on a project from start to nish, deliver it to the client and see their smile at the end.’
She says she has faced several challenges in her career, and being a woman was one. ‘The construction industry is de nitely male dominated, and I de nitely found that hard at rst and still do sometimes.
‘In every project that I’m involved in, I put in extreme e ort and commitment to make sure I deliver my job on time and deliver it well.’
Lucy Eng receiving one of her two awards.
Shorts
B-RISK workshops
FULL-DAY WORKSHOPS ON B-RISK, the building design tool to simulate building fires, developed by BRANZ, will be held in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch in February. The presenters will be BRANZ fire scientists Colleen Wade and Dr Haejun Park.
Intended for new users and those people wanting a refresher, the workshops will be conducted as a mixture of presentation, lecture content and worked examples.
There will be an emphasis on using B-RISK as part of a C/VM2 analysis.
Attendees will need to bring a laptop with the software preinstalled.
The locations and dates are: ● Wellington – 22 February
● Auckland – 23 February
● Christchurch – 25 February.
For more For venue information and to register, go to www.branz.co.nz, or email [email protected].
Education
What’s new?
Good Practice Guide Membrane Roofing
WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY for the New Zealand building industry, this fully revised and updated second edition covers the issues to consider when selecting, designing, detailing and installing membrane roo ng systems.
Included are sections on:
● bene ts and drawbacks of a membrane roo ng system
● regulatory requirements of the New Zealand Building Code
● factors that in uence the design of the roof
● design and installation requirements for the substrate
● accessories for use with the roo ng
● general factors applying to the selection and installation of
the membrane itself.
Three chapters cover details that are speci c to the design and installation of particular
membrane systems – single-ply, built-up and multi-layer and liquid-applied.
Two additional chapters on warm roofs and green roofs are also introduced. The remaining chapters cover tidying up after installation, the relevant standards and
references and a glossary of terms.
Details Available for $52.00 from the BRANZ Shop at www.branz.co.nz or call 0800 80 80 85.
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