Electric mobility devices such as e-bikes, e-scooters and e-skateboards etc are increasingly involved in fire related deaths around the world. Many of these items contain lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). They can be found in everything from toys to electric vehicles...
Traditional design and construction of our stately and ecclesiastical buildings in Australia and New Zealand often stems from our European past. With this comes the striking and diverse ornamentation that adorns so many of our older buildings in the major capital...
An elderly lady called to say that I had been recommended to provide some advice regarding an ongoing damp issue. The problem was moisture on skirtings, archtiraves and plasterboard walls in a particular area in a spare bedroom. This room also had a strong musty...
The Christchurch recovery and the NZIBS conference through the eyes of an Australian AIBS Member Wayne Gorman visited New Zealand late last year to aend the New Zealand Instute of Building Surveyors annual conference and take a look at Christchurch as it rebuilds,...
1. On hot days, heat comes straight through unprotected windows The answer is to shade your north and west facing windows. Awnings, deciduous trees and pergolas with deciduous vines are particularly good options, because they give you shade in summer and sun in...