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Month: February 2020

Month: February 2020

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12 Feb 20205 Mar 2020

Achieving Passive House Certification – And Why It’s Not Just for New Homes

In this second article, in a series about Passive House, we’re delving deeper into what is required to successfully achieve certification.

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Abercrombie Mews is looking fantastic with the sca

Abercrombie Mews is looking fantastic with the scaffold all down!!
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#Repost @huttoncontracting with @get_repost
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The bar has been set high with these terraced homes. #huttoncontracting
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Formance are doing a public tour of our Lower Sadd

Formance are doing a public tour of our Lower Saddle SIPs Passive House Certified project next Friday, 29th January between 1-3pm - if anyone’s interested in taking a look feel free to register at the link in our bio.
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The project is different to standard NZ homes as it has:
- Triple glazed timber & aluminium windows and doors
- High levels of airtightness to prevent heat/ energy loss through the envelope
- A fully ducted balanced ventilation system with heat recovery from STIEBEL ELTRON New Zealand
- Formance Structural Insulated Panels for the walls and roofs (like a sandwich of timber and insulation!) which will be exposed internally
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It’s being build on a budget pretty similar to a standard building code home, showing healthy homes don’t need to cost more, and it also has quite an attractive view!
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Both Kane Build Group and Architect @josephlyth will be onsite to answer any questions, we look forward to seeing you there.
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Some great drone images of a current project which

Some great drone images of a current project which has started on site, a new administration building for the OFC Home of Football with @erin.hallett1979 at the helm!
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Our Passive House project by Architect @josephlyth

Our Passive House project by Architect @josephlyth for his family is steaming ahead!
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We got to site this morning to find the @kanebuildgroup guys working hard to finish up the roof purlins! With SIPs & other warm roof build-ups, you need to ensure that there is sufficient space for ventilation around & drainage beneath the purlins. To this end I’d specified plywood strips under them running in line with each panel junction, with @proclimanz Tescon Naideck tape beneath to seal around the fixing penetrations. The roof screws are 20mm longer to ensure they still achieve the required embedment into the timber beams within the SIPs below
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Luckily we’re working with Adam & his team from Kane, who are always happy to propose a better solution, and listen to why something is drawn that way. Instead of long strips of ply (expensive!) he proposed just using squares of ply at each fixing point, rotated 45 degrees so they shed any water that gets into the roof cavity. An awesome idea which ticks all the boxes while saving materials & money
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Tomorrow I’m heading to site as the electrician, plumber and ventilation installers will all be on site to talk through the project and coordinate things before they begin - essential to ironing out any issues before they arise!
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We’ve reached the end of a very challenging year

We’ve reached the end of a very challenging year, but can look back on some fab projects, great times and admirable achievements, with extreme pride in our whole team - here’s to a new year; whatever it brings, we’re ready! Wishing a very happy new year to all from the RA team!
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A Christmas Poem: . Despite the last 12 crazy mont

A Christmas Poem:
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Despite the last 12 crazy months, Christmas has arrived
(I know, it didn’t feel it would do after that wild ride!)
For all of us this year has felt about a decade long,
But here we are, we made it through with RA going strong!
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We’ve grown by 4 the past 12 months, with Cici, Jen and Steeve,
And Henare in Wellington whose work has no reprieve!
Our workload too has grown this year - new schools and OFC,
Renos, new builds; Healthy homes and more, as you can see!
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With all the challenges we’ve had, I want to say out loud: To every person at RA - of all of you we’re proud. You weathered lockdowns, Zoom, and masks, and worked with kid & pet,
But did so with a (oft-strained!) smile, & admirable mindset.
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To everyone who’s reading this, be you client, friend or workmate,
Family, or even those whose acquaintance we're yet to make.
We wish you all a chilled out break, with lots of Christmas cheer.
We’ve got here as an awesome team, and all deserve a beer!!!
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So here it is, my Christmas rhyme, I’m signing off today,
(Though some team members will be here till 4pm Wednesday!)
A happy Christmas to you all - and as says Buddy the elf:
Ensure you sing loud for all to hear, and please look after yourself!!
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A very merry Christmas from all at RA!
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Respond–Architects is excited to announce two ne

Respond–Architects is excited to announce two new Associates for 2020 – Registered Architects Fiona Duffy and Wendy Ryan.
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@_wendynz is a natural leader who has taken many of the junior and intermediate team members under her wing to mentor and pass on her knowledge. She forms strong connections with clients, who respect her and give fantastic feedback on the standard and quality of her work, and earlier this year was selected as one of only 15 mentees in the 2020 Property Council Emerging Leaders Program.
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Well done Wendy!
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Respond–Architects is excited to announce two ne

Respond–Architects is excited to announce two new Associates for 2020 – Registered Architects Fiona Duffy and Wendy Ryan.
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@fionaishere_nz is our most experienced architect, with expertise in the technical aspects of architecture as well as project delivery. Her work is meticulous, thorough and detailed, and this year she was appointed as a member of the MoE Weathertightness Review Panel - one of only six architects nationwide.
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Well done Fiona!
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