Providing compliant fire separation between household units remains a critical requirement in residential construction, particularly in terraced housing and multi-unit developments.

This move to local manufacturing reflects growing demand for integrated building envelope systems that can help simplify construction while improving thermal efficiency, fire performance and long-term operational durability for New Zealand’s built environment.

J-Frame® by Juken New Zealand is designed to remove that variability. As a precision-engineered LVL framing timber, it delivers straight, manufactured to tight tolerances, helping frames stay true from install through to completion.

As New Zealand’s H1 energy-efficiency requirements continue to reshape residential design, Knauf Insulation New Zealand has developed a FREE online calculator designed to help architects, designers and specifiers navigate the transition toward more performance-based thermal design.

The Prolam Specifier has been specifically developed to help designers, builders and specifiers design structural timber elements and specify glulam beams, portals and posts with greater speed, confidence and ease.