The Building Agency

The Building Agency is pleased to announce the launch of our own dedicated project detailing service (shop drawing). Our drafting team brings together years of collective experience and knowledge and we have been involved in detailing many large cladding projects across New Zealand. Our experienced CAD Technicians all excel at developed detailing, whether it's 2D or 3D, AutoCAD, Revit or ArchiCAD, RHINO or SKETCHUP. We are dedicated to helping designers achieve successful designs and installers to achieve successful builds.

Prior-to-Consent Shop Drawing packets, or Technical Detailing Assistance, allows us as a supplier to communicate and interface with the architect and customer directly. This ensures our materials and systems can best be utilised to meet your design brief and offers the following benefits:

• No additional cost, whilst this occurs earlier in the process the cost would have been included in the façade subcontract
• Able to deal with design issues early, saving variation costs later
• Streamline the consent process, as councils are often requiring this level of detail prior to consent
• Façade contractors will be able to be more precise when tendering which will lead to more accurate and better pricing
• Avoid delay with material procurement as the detailed design will allow the subcontractor to order materials as soon as the contract awarded

Our detailing services extend across the full range of our products and how they interact with other façade systems. This makes it easier to interpret and clarify different areas in the shop drawings. We know our systems; we know their strengths and we understand their limitations. We are providing this service to ensure that our systems are integrated cohesively into your project.

As building 'skin' specialists, we curate and source the best international products, so architects and contractors can design and build beautiful, enduring buildings.

We source high-performance cladding products that are proven to perform over decades. From Frontek, Equitone, AliClad, Alucobond and much more.

We invite you to chat with us about your project, so we can best help you choose the right cladding product and ultimately help you build the best building possible. 

We have long been a leading importer and distributor of cedar and asphalt shingles in New Zealand. Our roofing range has been expanded to offer products that innovate and create architecturally applauded buildings.