ELECTIVE SKILLS MAINTENANCE
Elective learning has been a part of the LBP skills maintenance programme since it was introduced. Learning and retaining skills…
LBP & Regulation
HEALTH AND SAFETY BY DESIGN
Your building designs can affect the health and safety of workers constructing, maintaining and demolishing buildings This is recognised in…
Reducing Noise Transmission
As New Zealand’s population grows, our district plans and long-term planning rules change to ensure we build enough homes for…
Know your stuff – Exempt Building Work, Part 2
Part 1 of this series covered off the basics of exempt building work and some of the easy to measure…
LABOUR-ONLY CONTRACTS – PART 2
This is the second article in a two-part series highlighting common misunderstandings about the responsibilities of an LBP under a…
NAVIGATING CAREER BREAKS
Life is unpredictable and sometimes a serious life event can turn your world upside down and affect your ability to…
PRODUCT COMPLIANCE CONCERNS
The ever-growing range of building products on the market comes with concern that not all are what they claim to…
LABOUR-ONLY CONTRACTS
MBIE discusses liability versus accountability when it comes to labour-only contracts In the first of a two-part series highlighting common…
MBIE BUILDING SYSTEM LEGISLATIVE REFORM
Have your say on NZ building laws! MBIE is proposing major changes to our building laws to improve the quality…
SUSPENSIONS – THEY’RE IN YOUR HANDS
There are three types of LBP licensing suspensions: voluntary, relicensing, or disciplinary. Voluntary suspensions are by choice, but relicensing or…
STAYING UP TO SPEED
Quantity surveying practices go hand-in-hand with estimating, quoting and tendering for work. These business practices are essential to operating a…
WORKING TOGETHER
Including value engineering options during a project’s design can help manage costs and avoid a budget blowout Traditionally many see…