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Dearth of apartments drives low consent numbers

The number of new dwellings consented in October fell a seasonally adjusted* 9.6% as the number of apartments consented plummeted…

Minister believes KiwiBuild will benefit small builders

Having set itself the lofty goal of building 100,000 homes over the next ten years, the Government is planning to…

Two LBPs have licences cancelled

Two Licensed Building Practitioners (LBPs) can expect to have their names added to Santa Claus’ naughty list after the Building…

Residential building hits record high

Stats NZ building activity report shows value of residential building rose to $3.6bn The volume of residential building activity rose…

Giving graduates a helping hand

Applications for the PAC ‘Branching Out’ Scholarship are currently open The scholarship, worth $2,500, aims to ease the financial burden…

Community & Sponsorship

Consents dip in September

While the number of new dwellings consented fell slightly in September, annual growth continues to track upwards A total of…

Unlicensed builder to pay $13,200

A judge has fined an unlicensed Christchurch builder $10,000 and ordered him to pay $3,200 in reparations for claiming to…

Concrete NZ cements industry associations

Six industry bodies representing workers in the concrete industry have come together to represent members with a single voice Concrete…

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…

Building and housing

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…

Building and housing