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	Construction Handbook 2007 A price guide for all the industry used by estimators, architects, builders, engineers, valuers and arbitrators. Updated annually by Rawlinsons NZ, the 2007 edition appeared in September. $200

	Wrinkly Tin Corrugated iron was invented just before NZ's Treaty was signed in 1840. This tells how 'the corrugate' became a national icon and how it came to be made here from our ironsand. By tradesman plumber Stuart Thomson, who founded Thomson Industries in Wellington, was technical manager for NZ Steel and is technical expert for the NZ Metal Roof Manufacturers' Association. 128 pages 260x208mm colour. $30

	Managing Contractors Cashflow The essential guide to working with the Construction Contracts Act 2002 [the CCA] by arbitrator Peter Degerholm, whose efforts helped get the Act into law and also was the catalyst for setting up the NZ Subcontractors' Federation. 200 pages 245x173mm. $25

	Wheels and Deals Southlander Bill Richardson expanded from a Southland base to be a major player in readymix concrete. His autobiography backgrounds a man who believed in a straight deal and made his word his bond. The Allied Concrete truck colours are based on a Matchbox toy. 148 pages A4 colour. $45

	The Building of a Lifetime Described by Sir Miles Warren as "the master builder" of New Zealand - Charles Luney was in the trade for 85 years. A very detailed story of the growth of both a family business and the registered master builders' organisation.

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