Health and safety on flooring sites in New Zealand sits in an awkward space. The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 imposes serious obligations on installers as PCBUs (Persons Conducting a Business or
Continue Reading The proposed acquisition of Bremworth by Mohawk Industries — through its New Zealand subsidiary Godfrey Hirst — is the biggest single development in NZ flooring in a decade. It's also the one most poo
Continue Reading FloorNZ is the membership association for flooring retailers, wholesalers, suppliers, and installers in New Zealand. They run training (through their owned PTE, Allied Trades Institute), advocate to r
Continue Reading Pricing is the single biggest unsolved problem for New Zealand flooring installers. Installers undercharge because they don't know market rates. Retailers exploit that. Customers get conflicting quote
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The BCITO (Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation) Level 4 Flooring Installation qualification is the formal training pathway for New Zealand carpet and resilient flooring installers
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The hardest part of a flooring project in Auckland isn't choosing the product. It's finding someone competent and trustworthy to lay it. The market is fragmented across three retailer chains, a long t
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