New data shows confidence and jobs building
Two independent sets of data released in early 2021 bode well for the building and construction industry, with both business…
Building and housing
Building Code to be updated annually
MBIE has announced that, from 2021, the Building Code will be updated annually, with only two keys dates for the…
Faulty buildings have councils $1bn out of pocket
Findings released from Sapere Research Group spanning the previous ten years show building defects have cost an accumulative $1 billion…
Consents spring to life in August
New dwelling consents in August 2018 up from previous months and greater than August 2017 A total of 3,075 new…
Auckland Council facing unprecedented building consents
Auckland Council has processed more than 12,300 new home consents in the past year, the most since 2004 — but…
Pre-fab future for KiwiBuild?
With KiwiBuild’s 100,000 new-home target in sharp focus, an invitation for tenders to supply pre-fabricated houses has been issued to…
Consents soften in June
New dwelling consents hit 12-month high in Wellington despite overall dip in June A total of 2,792 new dwellings were…
Play by the rules with RoW
When completing and issuing records of work (RoWs), Licensed Building Practitioners (LBPs) have certain obligations The Building Practitioners Board (the…
Get help from Building CodeHub
Finding and accessing resources is now easier than ever thanks to Building CodeHub MBIE’s new building-specific search engine – Building…
Know your stuff – Exempt Building Work Part 3
Parts 1 and 2 of this MBIE series covered off several examples of exempt building work and some of the…
Keep waterways waste free
As promised, Under Construction will be including all compulsory Codewords articles to help LBPs earn their required points and stay…
CCAA 2015 final stage in force
Retention money withheld under commercial construction contracts can be held in two ways The Construction Contracts Act 2002 (CCA), which…