Being prepared for building inspections
Licensed Building Practitioners (LBPs) play a critical role in ensuring the structural integrity and weathertightness of New Zealand’s residential buildings …
Home Prove Your Know How
Prove Your Know How
Are you managing your retention money properly?
The retention provisions in the Construction Contracts Act 2002 (CCA) were put in place to protect retention money owed to…
Proposed building consent exemption conditions for small standalone dwellings
Earlier this month, the Building Performance team published a checklist of the proposed conditions that must be met when using…
Residential Consumer Rights and Remedies
A recent Building Practitioners Board decision has highlighted the link between consumer protection and a licenced building practitioner’s obligations…
Granny flats
Small standalone dwellings, also known as ’granny flats’ have been a hot topic in the industry recently, beginning with an…
Self-certification of building work
The Government has proposed a new opt-in self-certification scheme for trusted building professionals and accredited businesses carrying out low-risk building…
Complaints not upheld
Once a complaint is made against a Licenced Building Practitioner (LBP), it initiates a formal process that ends in an…
Decision overides 10-year longstop
Duncan Cotterill partner Alysha Hinton looks at a recent Supreme Court decision that sets a new precedent for including third…
Protecting your site against theft
Thefts from building sites are a problem nationwide, with losses ranging from small hand tools to 6m shade sail poles…
The importance of air seals
Greater understanding of how to incorporate air seals in openings and penetrations in the exterior envelope of a building is…
You must be logged in to post a comment.