We deodorise the stink, dehumidify the damp, and overheat our thin-skinned homes, to create an illusion of comfort and health, especially...

Are Retention's of use for guarding against insolvency, ensuring timely performance, or for ensuring quality work is delivered defect...

Contracts that are not fit for purpose Contracts did not always include variation clauses. That meant you could not change the scope of...

To Close out 2023, we give you the very best of us, as ranked by you, the readers of the New Zealand Building Economist Blog during 2023....

There are two all-important rule books that require our constant, thorough and relentless study of, in the quest to know the truth about...

It is time to dispel the myth some Principal representatives have asserted, in recent times, that the Head Contractor Working Day Rate...

The New Zealand Building Economist is proud to announce the launch of its Construction Labour Cost Guide. A guide to Labour Costs,...

[2] Timely reciprocity of information, not timeout rules, shortens agreement time-frames. There is an industry tendency to never call...

NZS3910 misrepresents Overheads as ON SITE, or OFF SITE... Our definitions are clear, but our terminology is misleading. The NZS3910...

There is nothing in NZS3910, SA2017 or the CCA that requires us to calculate our claims on a “value to date basis”, less a previous value...

Ultimately, only one party can win a tender. How we go from everyone, to just one? is a very important question. The Australian Code of...

Have you been awarded an extension of time for a variation but denied the money for the variation and its time related costs for lack of...

NZS3910:2013 does not prescribe how to calculate a Working Day Rate but it does guide you to include 'Time related costs', and as you...

“We have got you a consent based on the building we have priced. But your site has unsuitable material below the hard-fill line and there...

We are all Leaders We are all leaders. We start by leading ourselves with challenges that make us learn and perform better. Then we lead...

Qualifying circumstances must always be treated as a variation. It is a choice to argue badly as a tactic to distract, confuse, delay,...

The Rise of Industrialisation and Transportation The 19th century saw the age of trains rise to dominate commercial transportation. The...

In these supply shortage, inflationary times, we order everything we can early, to secure the programme and the budget. But price and...

[1] Temuka's Courthouse Museum restoration project. In March 2020, the estimation to earthquake strengthen the 120-year-old building...

Novak Djokovic is courageous for standing up for his right to choose not to be vaccinated and for defending himself when the Border...