NZ Institute of Building

Southerners - join the Institute to take a look around the Cromwell Memorial Hall, Museum, and Events Centre on Wednesday 26 February. We will have a tour of the exciting new development that will serve as a vibrant hub for the community along with a korero with the client and the Naylor Love delivery team. The visit will be followed by refreshments & nibbles - thanks to Naylor Love. Register now to join us. FREE for Institute Members | 50+GST for Non-members 4-5.30, Wednesday 26 February, TIRAU | CROMWELL https://lnkd.in/gfz_W2n5 Gordy (Gordon) McGregor, James Woods, Hayley Stockdale

What is the future of AI in the construction industry? Find out the answer to this question and many more at DigiComm25 on 20 March in TĀMAKI | AUCKLAND. Our fantastic line up of global and local speakers includes: - Jeames Hanley, Digital Technologies Lead at Buchan in Sydney, will join us and talk through how build an AI strategy for your company. He’ll cover why a strategy is necessary, common roadblocks, and where to start. - Justin Flitter, founder of NewZealand.AI, will lead a roundtable at DigiComm25. He is one of the country’s most sought-after business advisors on why, where and how to leverage AI in your organisation. - We’ll also hear from Shaolei Ren, Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Riverside. He’ll talk us through the bigger picture of how we can build and adopt AI in ways that are sustainable and responsible. Register for DigiComm25 today. Don’t forget about our team deal - register 2 of your team and receive 1 complimentary (FREE!) registration (see information our website). https://lnkd.in/gkYH-nJn #DigiComm25 Pamela Bell, John Hemi, Kirsten Magnusson, Christina de Boer, Craig Hopkins, James Woods, Jake Nash, Tania Walsh, Amelia B., Andrew Field, Keri Niven, Chau Nguyen, Kaye Maree Dunn, Yan Chen, Tirth Patel, PhD,

With the market tight right now it's more important than ever to know how to market yourself and your business. Kirsten Magnusson from Magnusson & Co + the Institute's Deputy Board Chair, Brent Riggs from Hirepool and Mike Olds of Resene Construction Systems will explore how to build your brand in an authentic way, how to build an online presence, and how you can use networking as a tool to help grow your brand. Register now. 12 - 12.45pm, Wednesday 12 February, ONLINE FREE for our members | $50+GST for non-members https://lnkd.in/gHUqgKiU

We are offering 12 free spots at DigiComm25 for our Next Gen Members, plus flights and accommodation covered (for those outside of Auckland) thanks to the Institute’s Charitable Education Trust. Our Next Gen members are the future of our construction industry. We want to give as many of our Next Gen members as possible the opportunity to take part in this year’s DigiComm25. Not only will the main programme provide eye opening opportunities to learn but we are also running a parallel interactive Matatahi session for young professionals and Next Gen members. This breakout session will give you the chance to explore and workshop ideas and have the voice of the next generation heard by all those at DigiComm25. To apply for one of these spots you just need to tell us who you are most excited to hear from at this year’s conference and why. Check out the growing list of speakers on the website and complete the application form to be in with a chance. This is an opportunity open to all our Next Gen members. Not a member yet? Next Gen membership is FREE for all those in training in the construction industry - students, cadets and apprentices. Join now! https://lnkd.in/gkYH-nJn #DigiComm25 Pamela Bell, John Hemi, Kirsten Magnusson, Christina de Boer, Craig Hopkins, James Woods, Jake Nash, Tania Walsh, Amelia B., Andrew Field, Keri Niven, Chau Nguyen, Kaye Maree Dunn, Yan Chen, Tirth Patel, PhD, Anni Zhou 🌈, Julianne Manuguid, Adam Baxter, Heather Huckle, Grace Jack, Lesley Ly, Alex Doyle, Daryl Elenzano, Natalia Ortega, Shaina Sein, Sally Wang, Callum Walsh, Angelo Aguas, Sarah Shiella Skillen

Our members are multitalented! Nick Clements, YourQS Limited founder and winner of the Digital Technology | Matihiko Award at our 2024 NZ Building People Awards has launched a new podcast "Beyond the Guestimate", which focuses on how we can improve residential construction. Nick says: “I’ve been in the residential construction sector since 1993 and pretty much the whole time I’ve been frustrated by the inefficiencies in it, so the ethos of our business is finding a better way and constantly improving what we do and how we do it. Over this time, I’ve met a lot of interesting people who also share a similar passion for improvement in the sector so I thought I’d create a podcast, Beyond the Guesstimate, as a platform for us to share our ideas on how we think things could be done better." In the first episode of the podcast Nick talks with Brent Chatterton from Chatterton Homes in Rangiora, and an advocate for continuous improvement and high performing houses in New Zealand. https://lnkd.in/gFKYmiTD Nick Clements

Institute member Michaela Murray is a former nurse and has brought those skills over to help improve health and safety outcomes in the construction industry. She is the National Health, Safety, Sustainability & Quality Manager at Cook Brothers Construction (CBC) and won the Health, Safety and Wellbeing | Wairuatanga category at the 2024 NZ Building People Awards. She was awarded for her successful implementation of the ‘RESET’ programme at Cook Brothers which engaged workers with health and safety in a fun, game show style. At the awards she talked about the importance of sharing information and resources across the industry to help bring about better outcomes for all. We asked Michaela a few questions to get to know her better - including how she found herself in the construction industry? https://lnkd.in/g_TfwzE3

Join us for Bowls and fun in the sun this Feb! There'll be food, drink, networking and prizes for best dressed. We are holding events around the motu so find the one nearest you and register your team of four today! This is for members and non-members. TĀMAKI | AUCKLAND - Tuesday 4 February WHANGĀREI - Thursday 13 February ŌTAUTAHI | CHRISTCHURCH - Thursday 13 February PŌNEKE | WELLINGTON - Thursday 13 February TĀHUNA | QUEENSTOWN - Friday 14 February ŌTEPOTI | DUNEDIN - Thursday 20 February TAURANGA - Thursday 20 February Register now. https://lnkd.in/f_xZmj2 Craig Hopkins, Christina de Boer, Scott Eunson, Ben Tomason, Jared Glue, Steve Kleehammer, James Woods, Gordy (Gordon) McGregor

New year – new deal! We want you to be able to bring the whole team to DigiComm25 to grow and learn together. So, when you register two of your team you will receive 1 complimentary (FREE!) registration. With our standard rates at half the price of other one-day conferences this is an amazing deal. The day will be a great way to grow your team’s learning together, along with making new connections and bringing your organisation into the digital first future. Join us on 20 March in TĀMAKI | AUCKLAND to hear from a growing array of local and international speakers. Registrations can be a combination of Member and Non-member. Email info@nziob.org.nz for information about how to redeem the deal. https://lnkd.in/gkYH-nJn #DigiComm25 Pamela Bell, John Hemi, Kirsten Magnusson, Christina de Boer, Craig Hopkins, James Woods, Jake Nash, Tania Walsh, Amelia B., Andrew Field, Keri Niven, Chau Nguyen, Kaye Maree Dunn, Yan Chen, Tirth Patel, PhD

Happy new year! To help you ease back into work we have a trimmed down 'lite' version of our News Sauce newsletter. Take a look to sign up to a Welcome Back Bowls events near you, find out about our team deal for DigiComm25 and read about some of our awesome Next Gen members doing awesome things! If you want more then make sure you subscribe to be kept in the loop about what's going on at the Institute. https://lnkd.in/gsVb2-gW

Are you finding it hard to get back into the swing of work after a break over summer? Take a break and get motivated by hearing from two awesome young people in the construction industry in our latest Tall Stories episode with James McLean and Emily Hall. Emily is a Master of Architecture student at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington and at the time of recording had just started a summer internship as an Architectural Assistant at Designgroup Stapleton Elliott. James has a background in Structural Engineering and is a project Manager at LT McGuinness Ltd. working most recently as the Project Manager on the ambitious Living Pā project. Both James and Emily were successful at our 2024 NZ Building People awards with Emily coming away as one of the Resene Next Gen Winners and James receiving a Highly Commended in the BCITO Emerging Leader Award category. The Institute's former Project's Lead Hannah Nansett chats with them about dreaming big when it comes to sustainability, the importance of networking and taking opportunities plus much more. Listen on the resources page of our website or wherever you get your podcasts. https://lnkd.in/gzZWbSxS