CCANZ News

Designing Comfortable Homes seminar

A Designing Comfortable Homes seminar has been scheduled for February 2012 in the three main centres.

Recycled Aggregates and Materials in New Concrete

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

CCANZ Library - November 2011

Green Building With Concrete: Sustainable Design & Construction edited by G.M. Sabnis is available from the CCANZ library.

CCANZ Library - October 2011

Cathodic Protection of Steel in Concrete by UK Concrete Society is available from the CCANZ library.

CCANZ Library - September 2011

Architecture materials: Concrete by Florian Seidel is available from the CCANZ library.

CCANZ Christchurch Central City Submission

CCANZ has expressed the concrete industry's views in response to the Christchurch draft Central City Plan.

CCANZ Library - August 2011

The Concrete House: Building Solid, Safe & Efficient with ICF by Pieter A. Vanderwerf is available from the CCANZ library.

E2/AS3 for Weathertight Concrete Construction

CCANZ Code of Practice for weathertight concrete construction referenced in the New Zealand Building Code.

International Concrete Technology Training

Recent changes have been made to the London City & Guilds Concrete Technology courses.

CCANZ Library - July 2011

Soil Liquefaction During Earthquakes by I. M. Idriss and R. W. Boulanger is available from the CCANZ library.

CCANZ Prominent at BuildNZ | Designex

CCANZ recently exhibited at New Zealand's premier building and construction tradeshow - buildNZ | designex.

CCANZ Library - June 2011

This book serves as a practical guide to engineers on the processes to be followed in commissioning a concrete repair.

Red Book - Multi Storey Shear Wall Buildings

The seminar series for the updated RED BOOK covering Section B3 Wall Building has been scheduled.

2011 Sustainability Awards Open

Concrete3 offers those building NZ’s future a chance to have their achievements recognised and to be inspired.

CCANZ Earthquake Briefing Notes

CCANZ has prepared Briefing Notes for the recent Canterbury earthquakes.

CCANZ Library - May 2011

Solid States: Concrete in Transition edited by Michael Bell and Craig Buckley is available from the CCANZ library.

CCANZ Library - April 2011

Sustainable Concrete Architecture by David Bennett is available from the CCANZ Library.

The Press OpEd

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

Homestar Partner

CCANZ has become a Supporting Partner of the recently launched Homestar™ residential rating tool.

Design & Land Use in Question - Not Concrete

Concrete slabs damaged in Christchurch earthquake were located in liquefied areas and not optimally designed.

Designing Comfortable Homes - 2nd edition

DCH is a guide to the principles of passive solar design for comfortable and energy efficient homes

09-10 CCANZ Annual Report

The 2009-10 CCANZ Annual Report is now available to download.

The Benefits of Concrete Slab on Grade

CCANZ has produced a summary leaflet outlining the range of benefits afforded by concrete slab-on-grade floors.

Don’t Get Burnt – Concrete’s Fire Resistance

CCANZ has produced an introductory leaflet to concrete inherent fire resistant properties and role within a total fire engineering solution to building design.

Updated Guide to Concrete Construction

The second revised edition of CCANZ’s Guide to Concrete Construction is now available on CD-ROM.

Updated Designing Comfortable Homes

Taking into consideration regulatory changes for home insulation, as well as new technology, the soon to be released second edition of Designing Comfortable Homes seeks to update understanding of the basic principles of passive solar design - the key to thermal comfort and reduced energy use in New Zealand homes.

Updated IB 39 Fibre Reinforced Concrete

CCANZ Information Bulletin IB 39 Fibre Reinforced Concrete has recently been updated.