Building booms — transitioning to a normal market while keeping your shirt on

EasyBuild director and Building Today columnist Mike Fox outlines some practical and effective steps that may help building companies avoid financial ruin, and enable them to maintain their original margins and a successful, sustainable business during stressful times and heavy workloads — and other strategies that will assist in the coming predicted industry downturn. It […] The post Building booms — transitioning to a normal market while keeping your shirt on appeared first on Building Today.

$25K-plus in extra costs and delays will come with new H1 Energy Efficiency requirements

EasyBuild director Mike Fox says the prospect of new, far-reaching H1 Energy Efficiency requirements to be implemented over the next eight months read like a Tui ad — yeah right! But with far more serious consequences. The new H1 Energy Efficiency requirements are so far reaching and rushed, it risks bringing the industry to an […] The post $25K-plus in extra costs and delays will come with new H1 Energy Efficiency requirements appeared first on Building Today.

OSM: Time to scale up to meet demand, retain jobs and build capability

EasyBuild director Mike Fox says instead of importing fully-built homes, the Government has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a sustainable, Kiwi-based, off-site manufacturing (OSM) housing industry. Many readers will have seen the recent positive news that Kainga Ora (formerly Housing Zealand) is poised to order thousands of prefabricated homes using OSM, as it is now […] The post OSM: Time to scale up to meet demand, retain jobs and build capability appeared first on Building Today.

Little used alternative pathways to gain building consents could make a big difference — with some tweaks

EasyBuild director Mike Fox reveals a couple of alternative building consent application options that might help builders speed up the process. With timelines for building consents at many local councils consistently dragging on beyond 20 days, and the number of inane and time-buying Requests for Information (RFIs) that now come through with each job lodged […]

Hyperinflation, shortages, sending NZ building industry into potential meltdown

EasyBuild director Mike Fox says he’s heard anecdotes indicating that the number of product price increases builders are dealing with are up 156% on the same time last year. Here’s his take on the state of the industry. Hyperinflation of building materials combined with labour and material shortages — left unchecked, the industry faces meltdown. […]