BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS

Commerical lawyer, Geoff Hardy There are plenty of situations where a builder might want to cancel a building contract.   You might have suffered a personal tragedy or a serious health setback, or you might have unexpectedly lost one or more senior staff members. You might have overcommitted yourself and taken on more projects than... Read more

By Marcus Beveridge and  Tina Hwang from Queen City Law   The construction industry has seen constant and significant leaps and bounds in technology.   Now that we have entered a new decade, this is a good time to take a look at what new technologies are being used in the construction sector and what... Read more

Vehicle customisation is nothing new, but when you take a hi-spec vehicle to start with, and the customisation is done by the manufacturer – you end up with something special. And that’s exactly the case with this one-off Hilux Gladiator.     Already a highly spec’d model, this version of the Hilux SR5 has been... Read more

John Shingleton, managing director of First Law – www.firstlaw.co.nz   Since May 2019, if you employ more than 19 employees, you are no longer permitted to have any new employees on a 90-day trial. Instead, you will have to satisfy yourself with employees on a probationary period.   Trial periods are still governed by the... Read more

How often have you quoted a job but ended up losing on it because the hours blew out? It happens to everyone once in a while… but get this wrong too often and you won’t be very profitable.   Even the big players in our industry get this wrong more than they’d like to admit…... Read more

Turanga, the new Christchurch Central Library, won the over $50 million category.   Building twice holds the secret to creating better buildings – a method demonstrated by the winners of Registered Master Builders inaugural BIM (Building Information Modelling) Innovation Awards.    BIM technology was used by all entrants to model the projects in the virtual... Read more