What are a designer’s duties when work has been finished by the contractors? The following article applied specifically to Leaky Building remediation cases, however the principles and requirements apply to many new or substantially repaired/altered properties.

The Masterspec terms Hold Point and Witness Point has been used for a while. Witness Point has now been renamed Notification Point. Find out why and what they mean.

The major green building rating tools used in NZ, Green Star, HomeStar and Living Building Challenge, all use FSC timber in order to achieve certification. A surprisingly significant number of NZ’s forests are FSC certified.

On 26 September 2017 MBIE and the Ministry for the Environment published planning and engineering guidance for potentially liquefaction-prone land. Land use planning, together with resilient building and infrastructure design that recognises the risks of liquefaction and guides development, has the potential to reduce the consequences of future events.

Standards New Zealand have been busy with a lot of change recently, new Standards, amendments and quite a number of proposed withdrawals. The effects on Masterspec sections have not been major, but it's still worthwhile noting the changes to see if they affect your projects.

Hold Points and Notification Points are stages in construction where verification and inspection may be required to ensure: • Confirmation of the scope of the work to be carried out • Preparatory work has been completed to the required standard to allow work to continue   Read More....

MBIE is seeking your feedback on proposals to amend Verification Method B1/VM1 and to ban loop bar connections of flange-hung double-tee precast flooring. The consultation runs from 27 September to 20 November 2017.

Masterspec have combined the NextGen2 system and the Masterspec website together into a single site. This provides us with an updated operating platform from which to launch new and excited feature updates and tools we have in our development pipeline. However there are a few things you need to know during the transition period.

The Masterspec Tender Submission and Tender Summary forms have been, updated, some relocated and some deleted from the Masterspec LINK system.

With the move toward mixed-use residential zoning and medium to higher density housing, your NOTES team have been researching resources to help Architects and Designers plan a response to the new challenges.