Commercial Building Surveying, Commercial Property, Earthquake Damaged Buildings, Health and Safety, Insurance, News, Prendos History, Property Valuations, Seismic Assessments and Solutions, Structural Engineering

Earthquake Prone Buildings & NBS Ratings: The Risks

If you own a commercial building, assessing and addressing its ability to withstand an ...

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Building Surveying, Christchurch Property Market, Christchurch Response, Earthquake Damaged Buildings, Insurance, Quantity Surveying, Seismic Assessments and Solutions

“As New” Insurance Pay-Out Requirements Sees Need for Structural Review

Five years on from the February 2011 earthquake some of the more complex insurance ...

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Building Services Engineering, Building Surveying, Fire Engineering, Health and Safety, Insurance, Structural Engineering, Weathertightness

Where There is Smoke There is Fire

Despite warning by the Fire Protection Association of New Zealand, the design and construction ...

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Auckland Property Market, Building Services Engineering, Christchurch Property Market, Commercial Building Surveying, Commercial Property, Dilapidations / Reinstatement Schedules, Insurance

Keeping Property & Building Costs Low for Business

For most businesses property is a substantial part of their cost base. After staff ...

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Building Standards, Christchurch Property Market, Christchurch Response, Dispute Resolution, Earthquake Damaged Buildings, Insurance, Seismic Assessments and Solutions

EQC “as new” Repair Standard Sees Claims Starting Again

By Rory Crosbie, Prendos Director, Registered & Chartered Building Surveyor Five years on from ...

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Building Standards, Building Surveying, Insurance, Quantity Surveying, Tax & Legal

Self-Certifying Builders

By Richard Maiden, Director, Chartered Surveyor & Chartered Arbitrator In late September Paula Bennett; ...

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Auckland Property Market, Insurance, Property Valuations, Services, Tauranga Property Market

In the Auckland “Slip Stream” – the Tauranga Residential Market

BY ROSS FORSYTH, REGISTERED VALUER There has been a lot of talk about the ...

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Body Corporate, Building Standards, Commercial Property, Earthquake Damaged Buildings, Featured News, Insurance, Seismic Assessments and Solutions, Structural Engineering, Target Repairs, Wellington Property Market

“Quake costs put squeeze on building owners” reports The Dominion Post

The Dominion Post reported yesterday that Iona Pannett, the Wellington City Council buildings portfolio ...

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