Wood no panacea for New Zealand’s housing and construction woes
"Wood doesn't perform well in natural terms," says Nick Collins.
Sally Lindsay Thu, 22 Mar 2018
Labour’s pro-wood policy raises serious questions about costs in a constrained construction sector, says Metals New Zealand chief executive Nick Collins.
With Labour’s stipulation that its new buildings, up to four storeys high, need to have a build-in-wood option, the industry is asking what
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