The earthquake that struck northern Pakistan in October 2005 was one of the most devastating ever recorded, because the quake was centered at a shallow depth and therefore had greater destructive intensity.
Tens of thousands of people died and more than 3 million were left homeless.
While international aid agencies responded quickly, it was a local Pakistan [...]

Wayne Mapp, 16th April 2010
A new research and development facility opened in Auckland today by Research, Science and Technology Minister Wayne Mapp highlights a vital element of the Government’s plan for economic growth.
Steel-frame export company FRAMECAD has moved into new premises in Glen Innes as it starts work on the first of several new [...]

NICKY PHILLIPS
April 17, 2010
‘‘All the layers work together’’ … the house before, during and after the burn.
Photo: Stefan Postles
IT TOOK less than a minute for this new house to be engulfed by flames. Luckily no one was too upset to see it burn.
The house, built almost entirely of steel, was being tested to [...]

A self-contained mobile factory that produces steel frames for construction has been launched in Dubai by New Zealand company Framecad.
The Framecad Mobile Factory, dubbed ‘The Factory in a Can’, is housed in a modified 20ft shipping container, meaning it can be shipped, trucked or airlifted into any location and made operational within 24 hours of [...]