One of NASH’s E-learning initiatives is now available as featured in the NASH Winter newsletter. NASH recognised the limited educational…
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H1 Energy Efficiency webinar – 18th March 2022
Speckel is a group of self-proclaimed sustainable design-loving geeks, with toes in building science, mechanical engineering, and software development. They…
Newsletter Issue 1, January 2022
Welcome to 2022 2022 promises to be a busy year for NASH and the residential sector. With residential consents at all…
Infinite recyclability is one of the key aspects underpinning the sustainability message of steel.
HERA Report R5-89 Steel Recycling Report shows steel plays a key role in the circular economy Undertaken by thinkstepANZ it showed an…
Ngā Kāinga Anamata – Homes of the Future
Ngā Kāinga Anamata is a sustainability-innovation public housing pilot project, aimed at driving carbon emission reduction in New Zealand’s construction…
Council issues warning to tradies as list of building materials expanded
Auckland builders have an expanded list of materials they can substitute to cope with the supply crunch caused by Covid-19….
August 2021 Newsletter
August 2021 Newsletter What’s inside this issue. Chairman’s Reflections NASH Update Introducing the Board for 2021/2022 Building Code Changes There…
There is no timber first-policy.
“There is no ‘timber-first’ policy. There is a policy to reduce the carbon impact of government buildings.” This is…
Modern Slavery Statement
The purpose of this statement is to outline our approach to ensuring that National Association of Steel-Framed Housing Inc. (NASH)…
Diversity and Inclusion Policy
This policy is effective immediately, replace all existing policy statements and WILL REMAIN IN FORCE UNTIL REPLACED BY AN AUTHORISED…
Building Code changes drives warmer, drier, environmentally friendly homes
Every year MBIE consults on the Building Code. This year’s proposed changes aim to make homes and buildings warmer, drier and…
What was the Minister thinking?
The following opinion piece by Metals CEO Nick Collins appeared in NBR-15 June Making Sense of Wood First Minister…
Prefabricated Steel Panels Boost Quality and Construction Speed for Church and Retirement Community Projects
Two projects, a Latter-day Saints church in Australia and a retirement community in Canada, show how prefabricated cold-formed steel…
Embracing light steel framing as alternative to timber
Uncertainty around timber supply for residential construction shows how the fortunes and future of New Zealand’s construction and manufacturing sectors…
NASH March Newsletter 2021
March 2021 Newsletter What’s inside this issue. Chairman’s Reflections NASH update R & D Scoping Workshop Detailer BRANZ E-Learning Getting…
NASH Newsletter December 2020
December 2020 newsletter What’s inside? Chairman’s reflections Management team update MDH with prefabricated CFS Getting to know NASH members -Alrite…
NASH Newsletter June 2020
What’s inside? Nick’s news Training update Interesting reading from around the globe What is the Sustainable Steel Council and…
Supply chain performance in CFS house-building*
Prefabrication is gaining greater traction because of its potential to address New Zealand’s housing problem with cost-effective, rapid construction and…
Steel Framing Presentation at UNITEC in Lockdown Level 3
One of the skills that lockdown has taught us to embrace is using technology and the level 3 lockdown in…
Wintec’s Carpentary Students discover the benefits of Light Steel Framing
Rollforming Services (RFS) and Central Steel Framing (CSF) teamed up to help Wintec’s (Waikato Institute of Technology) carpentry apprentice students…