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By blending technical and marketing disciplines, as well as balancing growth opportunities with support for existing markets, CCANZ aims to ensure that industry decision makers realise the full potential of concrete.

With over 250 corporate and individual members, those that seek to better understand concrete as key to a sustainable built environment include architects, designers, engineers, building contractors and students. 

 
  • Recycled Aggregate
    CCANZ releases Guide for the Use of Recycled Aggregates and Materials in New Concrete.
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  • NZBC E2/AS3
    CCANZ Weathertight Concrete Construction Code of Practice referenced in NZBC.
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  • Concrete Roads?
    21 reasons why concrete is the best pavement choice for Transmission Gully.
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  • Audit Website
    The indepenent ready mixed concrete Plant Audit Scheme website has a new address.
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Coming Home to Concrete
Weathertight Concrete
Residential Slab-On-Ground
Producing a quality concrete slab-on-ground is easy if the basic rules are followed in the CCANZ Residential Concrete Slab-On-Ground Floors leaflet.
CCANZ News

Concrete Masonry Manual Being Revised

Created as a guide to the design and construction of concrete masonry the Manual is being updated.
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Recycled Aggregate and Material in New Concrete

CCANZ has released TR 14: Best Practice Guide for the Use of Recycled Aggregates and Materials in Concrete.
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CCANZ Christchurch Central City Submission

CCANZ has expressed the concrete industry's views in response to the Christchurch draft Central City Plan.
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E2/AS3 for Weathertight Concrete Construction

CCANZ Code of Practice for weathertight concrete construction referenced in the New Zealand Building Code.
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CCANZ Prominent at BuildNZ | Designex

CCANZ recently exhibited at New Zealand's premier building and construction tradeshow - buildNZ | designex.
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Info Paper Examines Building Design

Experts report on damage to buildings in Christchurch following the recent earthquakes.
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New Foundation Rule for Seismic Hazard

Immediate changes to the Building Code’s supporting documents for Structure take effect from 19 May 2011.
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New Website Address for Plant Audit Scheme

The indepenent ready mixed concrete Plant Audit Scheme website has a new address.
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Publications

Fire Performance of Concrete and Masonry

This bulletin provides guidance to designers and specifiers on the design of concrete structures against fire.
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Conferences

3rd International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting

5 - 7 September 2012
Cape Town, South Africa
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2012 New Zealand Concrete Conference

11 - 13 October 2012
Claudelands, Hamilton
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2013 fib Symposium

22 - 24 April 2013
Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Media

21 Queen Street Wins 2011 Sustainability Award

Peddle Thorp Architects has taken home the 2011 Supreme Concrete³ Sustainability Award.
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Contractor (Aug 11) A Concrete Solution to a Leaky Problem

CCANZ Code of Practice for weathertight construction will advance residential concrete.
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The Press OpEd

CCANZ CEO Rob Gaimster responds to MP Jim Anderton's call to rebuild Christchurch in wood.
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News Feed

  • CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD DESIGNER ANNOUNCED

     Source: Stuff.co.nz 10/05/2012 Boffa Miskell will be the lead company in a consortium of businesses that will design the central Christchurch rebuild……

  • SIGNIFICANT LAW CHANGE NEEDED TO KICK-START REBUILD

     Source: Scoop.co.nz 08/05/2012 Significant law change may be needed for Christchurch to accelerate an urgent residential rebuild......

  • REBUILDING TC3 PROPERTIES FROM THE GROUND UP

     Source: Stuff.co.nz 07/05/2012 The DBH has released guidelines for repairing and rebuilding TC3 properties Christchurch......

  • EXPERT TO TEST OUR BUILDINGS

     Source: Wanganui Chronicle 03/05/2012 Wanganui will soon be part of an Auckland University study into making heritage buildings safer during earthquakes......

  • BUILDING CONSENTS JUMP TO TWO YEAR HIGH

     Source: NZ Herald 30/04/2012 New Zealand residential building consents rose to their highest monthly level in two years in March amid growing demand......

  • SIGNS OF REBUILD, BUT PACE IS SLOW

     Source: Stuff.co.nz 28/04/2012 Fletcher Building's earthquake repairs operation for the EQC is about 12.5 per cent through its job of repairing approximately 100,000 homes......

  • CITY SUMMONS WORLD'S MASTER-PLANNERS

     Source: Stuff.co.nz 27/04/2012 The Central Christchurch Development Unit (CCDU) has called for tenders to lead the architectural, engineering and urban planning for the rebuild blueprint......

  • SUPER MINISTRY 'MAY HIT CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD'

     Source: Stuff.co.nz 27/04/2012 The Christchurch rebuild and leaky homes could suffer when an already stretched Department of Building and Housing is folded into the new super ministry, say critics......

  • DBH ANNOUNCES FOUNDATION GUIDELINES FOR 'GREEN-BLUE' CHRISTCHURCH HOMES

     Source: Interest.co.nz 27/04/2012 The Department of Building and Housing has released the latest set of foundation guidelines......

  • TC3 DRILLING UNDERWAY IN EASTERN SUBURBS

     Source: Scoop.co.nz 24/04/2012 EQC has commenced drilling on properties in the residential Green Zone Technical Category 3, with investigative work on the first properties taking place......

  • DEVELOPER PLANS TO BUILD 6000 HOMES

     Source: NZ Herald 23/04/2012 Housing investor and developer Todd Property Group will build up to 6000 new residences in the next few years......

  • PROJECT COULD RESCUE BUILDING INDUSTRY 'ON ITS KNEES'

     Source: NZ Herald 21/04/2012 The building sector is "on its knees" and an international convention centre could be its saviour......

  • NEW PRESIDENT OF NZ SOCIETY FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

    Source: Voxy.co.nz 20/04/2012 Stefano Pampanin, Associate Professor in Structural Design & Earthquake Engineering at UoC, was elected president of the NZSEE......

  • CEMENT FIRM HAS SURPLUS IN TOUGH YEAR

     Source: Stuff.co.nz 17/04/2012 Concrete and cement supplier Holcim New Zealand has come through a tough year with an after-tax surplus of $8.27 million......

  • BUILDINGS AT 67% OF CODE ARE 'PRETTY JOLLY GOOD'

     Source: The Press 16/04/2012 Engineers need to be less conservative as they help Christchurch's earthquake recovery, Cera chief executive Roger Sutton says......

  • MAJOR FUNDING BOOST FOR QUAKE RESEARCH

     Source: Scoop.co.nz 13/04/2012 Two University of Canterbury academics are among researchers to receive almost $7 million for new projects under the Natural Hazards Research Platform......

  • EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING CONFERENCE IN CHCH

    Source: Voxy.co.nz 11/04/2012 'Implementing lessons learnt' is the theme of this weekend's conference of the NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering at the University of Canterbury......

  • SPECIAL VILLAGE OF PRE-BUILT HOUSES TO OPEN IN TWO WEEKS

     Source: Scoop.co.nz 11/04/2012 A Home Innovation Village – known as the HIVE – will open to the public on the weekend of 21-22 April 2012 at Canterbury Agricultural Park.......

  • QUAKE DESTROYS ARCHITECTS' LEGACY

     Source: Stuff.co.nz 07/04/2012 The February earthquake cut a swath of destruction across Christchurch, destroying a lifetime's work by a duo regarded as among NZ's greatest architects......

  • WIZARD CONJURES UP QUAKE FIX

     Source: Stuff.co.nz 05/04/2012 Lord of the Rings star and distinguished stage actor Sir Ian McKellen is using one Theatre Royal to help another......

  • ARCHITECTS' ANSWER TO RISING SEAS: FLOATING HOMES

     Source: TV3 News 03/04/2012 Around the world architects and city planners are exploring ways mankind and water may be able to coexist as oceans rise......

  • REBUILD TO TEST MEDIOCRE BUILDERS

     Source: Stuff.co.nz 29/03/2012 The Christchurch rebuild will be a testing ground for changing the "she'll be right" culture and below average performance of the building industry......

  • CONCRETE SLEEPER FACTORY OPENS

     Source: Voxy.co.nz 23/03/2012 Humes Pipeline Systems, a Fletcher Building company, opened a new purpose-built concrete sleeper factory in Hamilton yesterday......

  • COMFORT SET IN CONCRETE

     Source: Otago Daily Times 16/03/2012 When architectural designer Richard Wilden was asked to design a house for a Broad Bay site, the plan took shape quickly......

  • TOTAL QUAKE SAFETY NOT 'VIABLE'

     Source: Stuff.co.nz 15/03/2012 Buildings unlikely to face a significant earthquake in their lifetime should not need damage-reduction measures, an inquiry has heard......

  • STONEMASONS INSIST CHCH CATHEDRAL CAN BE REBUILT

     Source: 3News NZ 15/03/2012 The debate over the fate of ChristChurch Cathedral is heating up, with the city's stonemasons saying it can be rebuilt safely......

  • DEMAND FOR STRONGER BUILDINGS

     Source: Wanganui Chronicle 15/03/2012 A property investor says he expects tenants and workers in Wanganui to demand to be leasing and working in stronger buildings......

  • ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS 'MUST WORK TOGETHER'

     Source: Stuff.co.nz 14/03/2012 Engineers and architects must work together to integrate earthquake technology into new Christchurch building designs......

  • SAFER DESIGNS AFFORDABLE - EXPERT

     Source: Stuff.co.nz 14/03/2012 Technology to help new buildings in Christchurch survive earthquake damage is affordable, a structural engineer says......

  • 'HUGE UNCERTAINTY' IN QUAKE BUILDING DESIGN

     Source: Stuff.co.nz 12/03/2012 Engineers should be proud of their efforts in the development of Christchurch's earthquake design standards, an inquiry has heard......
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