Keola Homes won its first National award this month for building the Magic Kingdom Childcare Centre in Blockhouse Bay, Auckland This was in the Commercial Project Awards’ Education category – a hotly contested division, where we were up against large corporations such as Fletcher Construction, Hawkins Construction and Naylor Love. “It’s incredibly satisfying to be [...]

  Italian Torre Pendente di Pisa. Aka – The Leaning Tower of Pisa. A medieval structure in Pisa, Italy, started in 1173. Famous for the settling of its foundations which caused it to lean 4.5 metres from its base. In the late 20th century the structure was still subsiding. In 1990, the tower was closed [...]

What does the Pantheon, the Coliseum, Pompeii, the megastructures of the Roman era, all have in common? One word. Concrete. Drives don’t have to be concrete But concrete is a star when it comes to performance in compression. Compression is when you press something. Say when you sit on a sofa, its going to compress. [...]

Ever been to a buffet? One of those coronary, ‘All You Can Eat’ ones? Pay once and keep going back for more. And no one really cares. Right? Except perhaps your heart surgeon. Do You Need A Heart Surgeon When it comes to financing your project, you don’t really need your heart surgeon right there [...]

‘So when was your roof completed, sir?’ the nice insurance lady asks. Gulp. ‘Um, um, just two or three years ago, I think’ you mumble. ‘Perfect, that should still be under warranty, so what was the name of the roofing company? Sweat breaks out on your forehead. You know that insurance people are trained to [...]

We’ve all seen these ‘boy racer’ cars. 3-inch exhaust pipe. Shimmering wheels. Custom paint. Ear-shattering stereo system. These are just some of the accessories you might find in a young man’s car. Initial cost of car – $10,000. Cost of accessories – $15,000. Now, this is where it starts getting interesting. It would be safe [...]