CLT – Three letters NZ steel and concrete sectors fear most

CLT – Three letters NZ steel and concrete sectors fear most
Marty Verry
Four hundred and fifty people attended last week’s Green (Building) Property Summit in Auckland. One hundred more were on the waiting list.Described by the master of ceremonies Nadine Higgins as the most engaging audience she had ever hosted, the engineers, architects, construction companies, and investors had come to hear from experts and government representatives about how to build green, and where regulation was heading to address climate change.The message was consistent; whilst emissions caused by the operation of buildings had hist...

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