When the plan fails…
The New Year is when we like to think about the future. We kick back, share ideas over BBQs, strategise…
LBP & Regulation
Build it better
PlaceMakers Frame and Truss aims to deliver tradespeople value for money and save them time on assembly. With eight manufacturing…
LBP complaints increase by 40%
Building Practitioners Board annual report released Each year, the Building Practitioners Board is required to release an annual report providing…
LBPs want access to NZ Standards
Almost half of the Licensed Building Practitioners who responded to MBIE’s annual survey want the scheme to become more qualification-based…
Skills maintenance – more than just points!
New ‘mixed-model’ skills maintenance scheme is now in effect Changes to the LBP skills maintenance scheme, announced earlier this year,…
Using Schedule 1 exemptions
Have you been getting consents for low-risk jobs that don’t require them? MBIE reminds builders to use the expanded list…
Fake LBP brought to justice
Prosecution of unlicensed builder fined for posing as LBP ‘first of its kind’ for MBIE MBIE’s Occupational Licensing Team has…
Building code clauses de-coded
Stay up to speed with industry changes and building code clauses PlaceMakers ninth round of seminars is almost complete, and…
Sustaining the workforce
BCITO launches strategy to better manage workforce development In a bid to help construction industry businesses and employers better manage…
Guide to help identify defects
MBIE’s latest guidance aims to resolve common areas of dispute between contractors and homeowners The Guide to tolerances, materials and…
Building code clauses de-coded
Stay up to speed with industry changes and building code clauses PlaceMakers ninth round of seminars is under way, and…
New guide to help identify defects
MBIE’s latest guidance aims to resolve common areas of dispute between contractors and homeowners The Guide to tolerances, materials and…
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