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®® BUILD June/July 2007
to the illuminance levels recommended by
the lighting design standard.
Splitting the Standard
The lighting design Standard has recently
changed from NZS 6703: 1984 Code of
practice for interior lighting design to the
AS/NZS 1680 Interior lighting series. The
new Standard uses maintained illuminance,
which is...
®® BUILD June/July 2007
'SMarT' BuildinG For
WellinGTon WaTerFronT
Wellington's waterfront will soon have new Zealand's first Greenstar building, with
plenty of 'wow' factor for its occupants.
By Alan Barbour, Associate, Beca Buildings, Wellington
thermal simulation, energy consumption
benchmarking, thermal comfort modelling,
water use analysis, daylight availability
and Greenstar pre-assessments...
®® BUILD June/July 2007
framing at a stud/dwang junction (see
Figure 2 which shows the dosing point
and pin moisture content measurement
points).
As the walls dried, measurements were made
of the humidity in the cavities and the timber
moisture contents.
Figure 3 summarises the measured drying
rates for...
®® BUILD June/July 2007
wners' preferences for low main-
tenance housing may be the reason
for clay brick currently being by far
the most common cladding for new
housing (see Figure 1). Monolithic, which
refers to a flat finish, usually painted, and
which can be a texture-coated fibre-cement
sheet,...
®0 BUILD June/July 2007
ladding preferences have changed
significantly over the past 10-20
years. In 1990 wood, brick and
stucco accounted for 95% of
residential cladding materials in the United
States, but by 2000 fibre-cement, vinyl
and aluminum cladding had grown and
accounted for 44%.
In New Zealand...
®® BUILD June/July 2007
Design out the opportunity
Get the basics right from the start. It may
help to seek the advice of a crime prevention
specialist during the design phase to minimise
the risk of tagging. Generally you should:
avoid light coloured, large smooth walls
use hardy, easily-replaced, standard sized...
®® BUILD June/July 2007
ladding manufacturers invest considerable time and effort
introducing new systems that they are convinced will do the
job. Through its Appraisal process, BRANZ can verify that
claddings comply with the New Zealand Building Code and
are fit for their purpose. This independent third party...
20 BUILD August/September 2007
BUILD RIGHT
SELECTING JOISTS
FOR CANTILEVERED
BALCONIES
Changes to timber treatments mean revisiting the joist sizes needed to build a
safe cantilevered balcony.
By Roger Shelton, BRANZ Structural Engineer
N ZS 3604: 1999 Timber framed buildings includes a selection table for cantilevered balcony joists, however, it is...
BUILD August/September 2007 23
Gable dormer
junctions
Dormer roof junctions with profiled metal roofing always present a tricky area
of flashing and their detailing is often conveniently overlooked by designers.
By Alide Elkink, BRANZ Technical Writer
T he simplest way to deal with dormer flashing is, if possible, to avoid the...
26 BUILD August/September 2007
BUILD RIGHT
HEAD FLASHING FOR
WINDOW WITH bEvEL-
bAck AND cAvITY
E2/AS1 and WANZ WIS offer two different solutions to window head flashing
details with bevelback weatherboard cladding installed over a drained and
ventilated cavity. What are the differences?
By Alide Elkink, BRANZ Technical Writer
E 2/AS1 provides...