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The NZ Building Economist
Jul 28, 2021
QS in the News July 2021
[1] During six decades of Council work, Michael Arthurs has seen incredible change across Wellington city which he knows like the back of...
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The NZ Building Economist
Jul 22, 2021
NZS3910:2013 The Search for Variations - a quick reference guide
We have prepared an Excel formatted table of NZS3910:2013 references to variation clauses. Each is identified with the required Notice...
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The NZ Building Economist
Jul 14, 2021
New Zealand's Fastest Bee...
Mark Nielsen takes The NZBE Mascot Leioproctus Fulvescens around the Komokoriki Hill Road Rallysprint 26 June 2021. Making Leioproctus...
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The NZ Building Economist
Jul 7, 2021
Gifting Knowledge and Experience...
The Library Give Back Project has delivered its first donation of historic costing and pricing texts to Otago Polytechnic International...
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The NZ Building Economist
Jun 30, 2021
QS in the news June 2021
Somewhere around the world a Quantity Surveyor is in the News. Good QS news or Bad, we will bring you regular links to their stories....
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The NZ Building Economist
Jun 23, 2021
Worlds 1st QS "Quasi-Legal" X-word #4 June 2021
Manage a mental health moment, take a break, for some light entertainment. (answers below). By Matthew Ensoll Life Member NZIQS. Reg.QS....
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The NZ Building Economist
Jun 16, 2021
Our story, so far...
The New Zealand Building Economist story began, we believe, in January 1965 with an A5 sized typed publication with a plain light blue...
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The NZ Building Economist
Jun 9, 2021
NZ Contractual Interpretation Case Law Development - L&M Coal v Bathurst
The High Court of NZ 2018 Dobson J in L&M Coal v Bathurst CIV-2016-485-1007 [2018] NZHC 2127 decide that Bathurst owed L&M Coal US$40...
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The NZ Building Economist
Jun 2, 2021
New Zealand Building Economist - Regional House Costs 1974 to 2021. [NEW 2021]
We are proud to launch a new product utilising our historic database of published building cost information. · Regional House Costs $/m2...
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The NZ Building Economist
May 26, 2021
QS in the News May 2021
[1] The dark horse of quantity surveying can reduce embodied carbon and cost at the same time. Quantity surveyors know the cost of every...
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The NZ Building Economist
May 19, 2021
The Risk of Estimating for Rising Prices
Material prices are on the rise. Often cited as Covid-19 disruption and freight delays raising freight costs but the truth is demand for...
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The NZ Building Economist
May 12, 2021
Worlds 1st QS X-word #3 May 2021
Manage a mental health moment, take a break, for some light entertainment. (answers below). By Matthew Ensoll Life Member NZIQS. Reg.QS....
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The NZ Building Economist
May 5, 2021
The CCA Meaning of Indicate
Section 21 (3) of the Construction Contracts Act 2002. (3) If the scheduled amount is less than the claimed amount, the payment schedule...
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The NZ Building Economist
Apr 28, 2021
Quantity Surveyor in the News - April 2021
[1] Todd Fleming, a Trainee Quantity Surveyor said: “Hopefully not too long after qualifying I’ll be able to be the lead Quantity...
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The NZ Building Economist
Apr 21, 2021
Offsite Overhead Recovery Mission
Late one October 2020 evening, while discussing work war stories (dispute resolution) at a bar, a senior construction executive / QS...
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The NZ Building Economist
Apr 14, 2021
Worlds 1st QS X-word #2
Manage a mental health moment, take a break, for some light entertainment. (answers below). By Matthew Ensoll Life Member NZIQS. Reg.QS....
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The NZ Building Economist
Apr 7, 2021
The David L Buckle story, so far…
David L Buckle joined the New Zealand Institute of quantity Surveyors in 1958 and in 2018 enjoyed recognition for his 50 years of...
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The NZ Building Economist
Mar 31, 2021
Quantity Surveyor in the News - March 2021
[1] Big-hearted builders ensure paralysed father of four can return home by finishing vital work for free. The 58-year-old quantity...
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The NZ Building Economist
Mar 24, 2021
A Contract in Context, Means more than mere words can express...
I believe a true and correct meaning of words used in contract can be ascertained by anyone, who seeks to truly understand and observe...
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The NZ Building Economist
Mar 18, 2021
Ensoll’s rules for efficient, effective & effortless Spreadsheets
1. Pack the data in tight; 2. Get rid of that spare white space; 3. Create maximum data in a single view, both on screen and when...
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