NEW BUILDING CONSENT EXEMPTIONS
Changes to the Building Act will mean building consents won’t be needed for some new or expanded types of low-risk…
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Site Safe gets a number of questions from people in the construction and building sector via their ‘Ask an Advisor’…
THE VALUE OF INSURANCE
Should I cancel my insurance to save money in a recession? This is a fair question, as people look to…
BUILDING ACT CHANGES OVERVIEW
On 8 May 2020, the Minister for Building and Construction introduced the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and…
RECOVERING THE COSTS OF COVID
As restrictions ease and construction projects resume, the scale of impact from COVID-19 on the construction industry may become starkly…
CREATING A STRONG CLIENT BASE
Having faced the biggest social disruption of our lifetime, you may be wondering about the future of your business post-lockdown.…
THE FINAL LAYER
Once the home is built, the next step is to paint or coat the timber cladding. It is important that…
STAY SAFE, SPEAK UP
Adjusting to life under the ’new normal’ may be challenging. In the construction sector, it has meant getting to grips…
CONSENTS DITCHED FOR LOW-RISK BUILDING
Minister for Building and Construction Jenny Salesa announced on 24 May that new building consent exemptions are being added to…
ON-THE-JOB LEARNING
Sometimes LBPs struggle to think of ideas for on-the-job learning, especially if they have been working with the same products…
LIQUEFACTION LESSONS
Following a two-year transition period, Acceptable Solution B1/AS1 will no longer be used for foundations on land prone to liquefaction.…
Building through Covid-19
You know the post-Covid world will be different – but how different? We can only really guess. While the world…