A big focus of the National Government's proposed RMA reforms is getting local authorities to lift their game. But as The Building Intelligence Group's recent Yellow Treehouse project showed, Rodney District Council is one local body that's already working to cut bureaucracy and ensure the successful delivery of all manner of projects and developments.
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Serial ads have hit our screens before - think Fernleaf and ASB - but Yellow Page's latest serial ad campaign was unique in that it was also absolutely real.
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The transformation of a tired former icon into Auckland Viaduct's vibrant Cargo Bar was a challenge we couldn't resist.
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The extension and upgrade to the district courthouse in Nelson is imminent.
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Kandinsky, Chagall, Van Gogh, Picasso. Among some of art's greatest names is a gallery network synonymous with the intersection of art and architecture. At the centre of that network sits Frank Lloyd Wright's own masterpiece.
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Roman emperor Caligula had one. The Medici dynasty filled theirs with marble. Dutch surrealist painter Hieronymous Bosch imagined one in Hell. Perhaps it's an echo of childhood, but treehouses have always captured the imagination of those who create, design, and build.
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Project management has existed informally for thousands of years. Without it, humans could not have built the Pyramid at Giza or the Great Wall of China.
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The proposed amendments to the Resource Management Act represent one of the most significant improvements to resource and land management in New Zealand for a generation. However it's worth remembering that you can change legislation as much as you like, but at the practical level there will always be value for developers and investors in having a trusted external consultant who understands the process of gaining consents and who you can rely on to deal with your consent issues.
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