BRANZ
Nailing down the true cost of new build defects
A new report puts the cost of having to fix defects in new house builds at $2.5b each year. The figure's been hammered out by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research in an analysis of direct… Audio
Building compliance concerns over poor firestopping - report
Some contractors do not know how to put proper firestopping in buildings, a report by the independent building research institute BRANZ has found.
Healthy homes: a breath of fresh air
Veronika Meduna joins BRANZ physicist Manfred Plagmann as he equips a home with sensors that track how heat and moisture move through the rooms. Audio
Healthy homes: a breath of fresh air
Veronika Meduna joins BRANZ physicist Manfred Plagmann as he equips a home with sensors that track how heat and moisture move through the rooms.
AudioHouses flooded in the name of science
Three small houses have been deliberately deluged to try to understand how floodwater damages buildings and materials. Video, Audio
