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Latest
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8 March, 2010
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Grey Matters - March
2010
This month's issue of Grey
Matters includes information on the following:
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Building
Act Review - DBH Discussion Document
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PRESSS Design Handbook - March 2010 Seminar Series
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NZS3104:2003 Specification for concrete production Amendment 2
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Concrete Society Seminar
- PRESSS Design Handbook
Seminars
on PRESSS technology, a design method and construction
technique used to develop damage-resisting multi-storey
recast concrete buildings, are being held nationwide
in March:
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Christchurch - Monday 22 March 2010
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Auckland - Wednesday 24 March 2010
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Wellington - Thursday 25 March 2010
The
seminar series, being offered as a condensed
short course, includes a PRESSS Design Handbook
which contains an introduction, a step-by-step
conceptual design example of a five-storey building,
and a free design analysis software tool.
The
one-day seminars, for consulting engineers,
architects, architectural designers, precasters,
specifiers, building consent authorities and
building contractors, will be presented by:
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Stefano
Pampanin, Associate Professor in Structural
& Earthquake Engineering at the University
of Canterbury, Christchurch;
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Alistair
Cattanach, a Director of Dunning Thornton
Consultants in Wellington, who designed NZ’s
first multistorey PRESSS building at Victoria
University of Wellington; and
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Gary
Haverland, a Director of Structex Metro, a
network of structural and civil engineering
specialists based in Christchurch.
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CCANZ
Concrete magaizne
- Northern
Gateway Wins 2009 Concrete3 Sustainability Award
- Concrete Society 2009 Concrete Awards
- Concrete Protection for KiwiRail Substations
- Precast Concrete Controls the Skies
- RISE UP: Medium Rise Structural Frame Costing Study
- New State-of-the-Art Batching Plant on “Greenfields” Site
- Dressed in a Delicate Concrete Curtain
- Perceptium: The Form of Concrete
- Polpo: Designer Modular Concrete Furniture
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Concrete
- December 2009 |
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Cement & Concrete
Demands - Activities and Trends
Produced with input from the New Zealand Institute
of Economic Research (NZIER), the purpose
of this recently produced economic report is
two-fold:
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CCANZ Submissions
CCANZ has recently presented the following submissions:
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Department
of Building & Housing's (DBH) Proposed Changes
to Building Code Compliance Documents B1, B2, C,
E1 & G9-G15. Download
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Standards
New Zealand's public comment draft: DZ6806/V1.14
Acoustics - Road traffic noise - New and altered
roads. Download
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Updated CCANZ IB39
Fibre Reinforced Concrete
As
a result of developments in fibres and Fibre
Reinforced Concrete (FRC) CCANZ IB39 Fibre
Reinforced Concrete has recently been updated.
By
outlining the different fibre types and different
fibre reinforced concretes commonly available
in New Zealand, the bulletin seeks to assist
understanding of the properties, appropriate
testing and the degree of quality control/assurance
necessary to ensure that concrete design requirements
are satisfied.
IB39
Fibre Reinforced Concrete
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Updated CCANZ Position on
Public Policy Issues - June 2009
As
there are a number of significant policy issues currently
affecting the New Zealand building and construction
sector, CCANZ has updated the document - New
Zealand Concrete Industry Position on Public Policy
Issues.
By summarising the Government’s policy platform relating to a number of key sector issues such as housing affordability, infrastructure investment, emissions trading and building regulation, and presenting the industry’s position on them, the document seeks to inform further discussion and associated policy development.
New
Zealand Concrete Industry Position on Public Policy
Issues
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Floor Coverings Information
Bulletin
CCANZ
receives numerous calls asking about the appropriate
time to overlay concrete slabs with moisture sensitive
flooring materials. To provide guidance to designers,
specifiers and contractors, CCANZ has developed IB91
Applying Moisture-sensitive
Floor Coverings and Adhesives to Concrete Slabs.
The
IB outlines how moisture in concrete slabs can cause
problems to moisture-sensitive floor coverings and
adhesives. The IB also stresses the importance of
understanding the sources of moisture in a concrete
slab, the correct design of slabs, the Building Code
and Specification requirements, and the measurement
and testing methods.
IB91
Applying Moisture-sensitive Floor Coverings and Adhesives
to Concrete Slabs
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CCANZ voices regular opinion
in New Zealand Construction News magazine
Since early 2007 CCANZ has
commented on topical issues in the national trade
publication New Zealand Construction News.
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