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One Tree Hill College redefines trades education and home efficiency

Managing the biggest change in a century while delivering the same innovative plasterboard for Kiwi homes

Choosing the Right Modular Construction Method: Volumetric vs Panelized

Manor Homes, a family-owned business in New South Wales, Australia, has been offering transportable homes for 30 years. Specialising in modular homes for rural lifestyle blocks, they transitioned from timber to steel framing to better serve their customers. This strategic shift, in partnership with FRAMECAD, has improved efficiency, design flexibility, and construction quality, setting a new standard in the industry.

Winstone Wallboards’ Penrose, Auckland manufacturing facility is finally farewelled, after more than 50 years of producing GIB ® plasterboard and associated products for
millions of Kiwi homes and buildings.

We sometimes field questions about how you should go about calculating the capacity of a bracing element with a varying wall height. The answer is covered in NZS3604:2021 in clause 8.3.1.4;

A team of 15 volunteers from The Salvation Army New Zealand recently travelled to Kolovai, Tonga,
to build and complete an EasyBuild home, with the team largely completing the home in just 12 days
on site.

If you’re looking for a starting point to embed the sustainability message in 2024, then look no further! GreenSpace training is here.

Winstone Wallboards has made some big steps forward over the last 15 years to ensure as an organisation, we make better use of our existing materials to reduce, reuse and recycle where we can. Ultimately, we’re focused on contributing positively towards the creation of healthier homes in New Zealand as well as reducing our impact on the environment.

One of the biggest challenges for businesses involved in the construction of tiny homes, cabins, relocatable homes, modular dwellings or using other offsite, modern methods of construction is making sure there are no gaps in their insurance coverage.

“If you want to make a statement, wear purple.”

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