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2020 House of the Year celebrated virtually
Pana’s prefab
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Last month, Panasonic Homes came to Te Kauwhata with the construction of a prototype standalone house using prefabricated materials in cooperation with Mike Greer Commercial.
The completed house is an 88m2, three-bedroom, single storey building, constructed using Panasonic Homes’ proprietary large panel construction method (“F method”), in which buildings are designed using 900 mm modules, with fixtures, such as sashes and ventilation ports and other construction elements, integrated into large external wall panels.
The building materials for this pilot build were shipped from Panasonic Homes’ Koto Factory in Japan in July 2020 and reached New Zealand at the end of August.
The installing of the envelope started in late September and construction was completed in about three months.
It will be interesting to keep tabs on this development, given the scale of Panasonic Homes’ housing operation.
Starting in 1963, by 2019, the operations’ total home sales had reached some 430,000 units, with around 380,000 apartments sold since 1977.
https://homes.panasonic.com/
Celebrate with GIB
2021 represents 25 years of GIB Aqualine internal wet area lining
being locally made in New Zealand.
To celebrate this and to thank trade customers for their trust and support over the years, GIB is giving away over $35,000 worth of prizes. Spending $100 (excluding GST) on GIB Aqualine on a trade account from a participating GIB plasterboard stockist during February or March 2021 could earn an entry into the monthly prize draws. Customers can receive up to 10 entries per month per trade account.
www.gib.co.nz
THE 30TH ANNUAL Registered
Master Builder’s House of the Year competition was celebrated virtually in mid-December.
Queenstown’s Triple Star Management not only took out the Supreme House of the Year, but also the 2020 Resene New Home Over $2 Million category as well as the National Plumbing World Bathroom Excellence, and National Kitchen Excellence awards (photo below).
Looking north to Taupo, Haimes Building took home the other big award for Supreme Renovation of the Year as well as the award for Bunnings Renovation
Over $1 Million (bottom photo).
In a first for the competition, this year the
awards were announced virtually. Builders across the country gathered with colleagues, friends and families to watch from the comfort of their own homes, workplaces,
or at local viewing parties hosted at Master Builders regional branches.
House of the Year is made possible through the support of Altus Window Systems, Bunnings Trade, CARTERS, APL Window Solutions, the Master Build 10-Year Guarantee, Resene, GIB, and Plumbing World.
www.houseoftheyear.co.nz
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