Preventing overheated homes
A warm winter home is no good if it is stiflingly hot in summer – good design and simple changes…
LBP & Regulation
Making the most of remediation work
As long as builders carry out their due diligence, leaky home repairs can provide a continuous stream of steady work.…
Renew your licence!
On average, 5% of LBPs have their licence suspended every month simply because they haven’t renewed it. While a number…
Weathertight basics – ‘the 4 Ds’
By applying the correct procedures at the time of construction, builders can minimise the threat of decay within a building’s…
Skills maintenance review reveals direction
MBIE identifies four ‘categories of learning’ for LBPs to focus their activities on. Just over a year ago, the Ministry…
Industry changes in a nutshell (or a seminar)
Between hands-on construction, admin and life outside work, it’s hard to stay on top of industry changes, reviews, consultations and…
Industry changes in a nutshell (or a seminar)
PlaceMakers’ fifth round of skills maintenance seminars aims to keep builders up to date with the myriad of changes that…
Building drier, healthier homes
Good ventilation is key to ensuring the home you build for your clients is one they can be happy and…
beacon pathway
On average, New Zealanders spend 75% or more of their time at home – yet surveys of New Zealand homes…
Had a complaint? Know your next step
No LBP likes to find out someone’s made an official complaint about them, but knowing what the process entails can…
Record of learning audits need detail
An essential element for maintaining the credibility of the Licensed Building Practitioners (LBP) scheme is ongoing skills maintenance. Its overarching…
Avoiding leaky home liabilities
This seventh article in a series based on weathertight remediation workshops run by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment…
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