Events
Find out more about upcoming events here. We’ll keep you posted about LBP seminars, trade breakfasts and more!
- Pic’s Peanut Butter Cafe
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- Alexandra
- Auckland
- Bay of Plenty
- Canterbury
- Central Otago
- Christchurch
- Comfortech, 9/15 Holloway Place, Auckland 1061
- Cromwell
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- Gore Town & Country Club
- Hamilton
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- Hutt City (Seaview)
- Invercargill
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- Manawatu-Wanganui
- Marlborough
- Mosgiel
- Motueka
- Nelson
- New Plymouth
- Northland
- Oamaru
- Ohakune
- Omanu Surf Club, 15 Surf Road, Omanu
- Otago
- Palmerston North
- Pic’s Peanut Butter Cafe
- PlaceMakers Riccarton, Christchurch
- PlaceMakers Wairau Park
- Queenstown
- Riccarton
- Southland
- Taranaki
- TBC
- Te Anau
- Te Anau Club, Pop Andrew Drive
- Waikato
- Wanaka
- Wellington
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- Working Man’s Club
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LBP Skills Maintenance – Nelson
PlaceMakers is pleased to announce its upcoming skills maintenance session in Nelson 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, develop or finesse your risk mitigations strategies 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 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.
Firth
Construction Systems Specialist Greg Illing will discuss Firth’s RibRaft foundation solutions, including insulation options design to meet and exceed compliance. With 15 years’ experience across residential and commercial projects, and a diploma in construction management and quantity surveying, Greg brings deep expertise n foundation systems.
Risk & insurance guidance from Builtin
Risk and insurance expert Ben Rickard from Builtin will cover the top five risks identified by builders and some of the solutions:
- Managing the risk of non-payment/cashflow issues
- Minimising the risk of an accident on site
- Reducing the incidence of defective workmanship
- Reducing the impact of subcontractors going bust
- Limiting the cost/impact of poor staff reliability/availability
He will also cover the most common insurance cover available to builders and what you need to know about each type.
