Author Curreen

Training & Management
0

Virtual reality (VR) field trips are now being used to teach students about construction and leaky homes at the University of Auckland Business School, as the technology revolutionizes the property industry From this month, Bachelor of Property students in the stage one course “Introduction to Property” are being given Google Cardboard headsets – a low-cost virtual reality headset that resembles a cardboard Viewfinder from the 1980s, with a place to insert a smartphone. Continue →
Facilities Management
0

Many commercial buildings around New Zealand are putting lives and property at risk because they don’t comply with fire safety standards, says John Lucas He became aware of this problem from insurers doing risk surveys and is leading an international seminar this month to highlight the issues and work on solutions. Continue →
Design
0

Leading New Zealand architects Warren and Mahoney are taking on four of the world’s architecture heavyweights in a competition to design a new apartment and hotel development in central Auckland Melbourne-based property development company ICD Property has invited five architects, including renowned London-based firm Zaha Hadid, to create designs for a multi-storey hotel and apartment tower on Federal St. Continue →
Facilities Management
0

Open-plan offices have taken off because of a desire to increase interaction and collaboration among workers, Libby Sander notes But an innovative new study has found that employees in open-plan offices spend 73% less time in face-to-face interactions while email and messaging use shot up by over 67%. Continue →
Facilities Management
0

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has published a handy guide to managing buildings in emergencies Managing buildings in an emergency describes the roles and responsibilities of central and local government and other agencies for managing buildings in an emergency using the 4Rs framework – Readiness, Response, Recovery and Reduction. Continue →
Housing
0

Thirty top architecture, engineering and construction management students, one brief and just three days to design a Wellington-centric housing complex for all generations These were the ingredients for this week’s ArchEngBuild 2018 Challenge held at Victoria University of Wellington and the result was some truly future-thinking medium-density housing designs for the capital city. Continue →
Construction
0

The forthcoming Asian Construction Forum is bringing the Kiwi and Asian building sectors together to foster collaboration and celebrate the contribution Asian construction companies are making to New Zealand   Asian companies contribute more than $7billion each year to New Zealand’s construction sector and are to helping us meet our demands for the large scale, quality construction and infrastructure projects the country needs, yet many of these businesses currently sit outside New Zealand’s traditional sector. Continue →
Industrial
0

Australian logistics and operations specialist Logos has expanded into the New Zealand market, acquiring a 10-hectare site with plans to develop a NZ$200 million estate Logos’ latest acquisition, from Fletcher Concrete and Infrastructure Limited, is a 55,000sq m site in Auckland’s industrial suburb of Wiri, The Urban Developer reports. Continue →
Housing
0

An Australian developer has come up with an innovative idea that could help ease New Zealand’s chronic housing shortage Impeded by an uninviting property tax landscape, the build-to-rent sector has been stagnant in Australia despite the increasing viability of the model as home ownership rates continue to plunge. Continue →
Property Management
0

Less than a year out from the introduction of new healthy home laws for rental accommodation, almost 60% of landlords had done nothing to prepare for the changes, according to a new survey The HRV State of the Home Survey, conducted by research company Buzz Channel, found 58% of tenants said their landlords were yet to make any changes ahead of the Healthy Homes Guarantee Act coming into effect in July 2019. Continue →
Construction
0

Melbourne airport will soon be home to Australia’s largest state-of-the-art medical marijuana facility after signing a deal with ASX-listed medicinal cannabis grower Cann Group Cann signed a heads of agreement on Wednesday for the lease of a five-hectare site in the Melbourne Airport precinct, according to The Urban Developer. Continue →
Infrastructure
0

Shipping container specialist Royal Wolf has expanded its nationwide network and container fleet with the acquisition of storage and container company Spacewise The purchase will see Royal Wolf expand from 12 to 16 locations around the country, including two new satellite offices in Timaru and New Plymouth, and add a substantial number of units to its existing container fleet. Continue →
Construction
0

The New Zealand Institute of Building and building supply merchant Carters have launched a series of skills training workshops for construction managers, those managing commercial building sites and larger residential projects The Building Legends workshops have been specifically designed to provide training to accelerate the development of the next generation of New Zealand’s construction managers. Continue →
Property Management
0

Uncertainty and complexity around a tenant’s make good obligations can lead to costly disputes at the end of a lease – but property experts say better processes can help tenants and landlords avoid common pitfalls Make good clauses are written into most commercial property lease agreements. Continue →
1 … 31 32 33 34 35 … 39