Events

PlaceMakers is pleased to announce its upcoming skills maintenance session in Tauranga for Licensed Building Practitioners! This two-hour session – which includes two speakers and two short quizzes – is designed to help you stay up to speed with updates to Clause H1 of the Building Code and the proposed move to proportional liability in construction, mandatory contract implications and earn skills maintenance points.

It’s also a chance to catch up and enjoy some food and drinks with other LBPs from around the region! Food and drinks will be provided.

Building Code updates

Mid last year, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk signalled that further changes to Clause H1 of the Building Code were needed and, in December 2024, MBIE opened consultation on potential refinements. These included removing the Schedule Method, adjusting minimum R-values in the Calculation Method, increasing compliance flexibility, and reviewing framing ratio assumptions that affect insulation performance.

Following this, the Government announced that the Schedule Method will be removed as a compliance pathway by the end of 2025, leaving only the Calculation and Modelling methods to demonstrate insulation performance. However, no further changes were announced at the time. MBIE has confirmed that any further adjustments to H1 are expected to be confirmed in November.

At this seminar, any confirmed changes will be discussed, and product suppliers will demonstrate how their products can help achieve energy efficiency compliance – or better – through their product solutions.

Altus Window Systems

Altus window systems leads the way in innovative window and door designs – it’s been producing thermally broken window systems (only just required in the past three years) for more than 20 years. Designed and manufactured in New Zealand for the New Zealand market, they are crafted to withstand the unique demands of the environment and kiwi lifestyle.

Altus National Sales Manager Mark Smith and Architectural Specification Specialist Clinton Barke will cover Altus’ two thermal joinery systems – Sourthern41 and Pacific Thermal – and how they relate to Clause H1.

Legal guidance from Duncan Cotterill

Two presenters from nationwide law firm Duncan Cotterill – Partner Tanya Wood and Senior Associate Dion Morley – will provide legal guidance related to:

• The proposed change to liability settings in the construction industry from ‘joint and several’ to ‘proportional’.
• The importance of having robust contracts with your clients and what’s essential to include.