NZCB Building Trade Professionals Workshop Exempt Building work PROUDLY SPONSORED BY
On 31 August 2020 the list of building work which can be undertaken without a building consent was expanded. Licensed Building Practitioners [LBP] have been recognised within these exemptions and can now take on design and construction under their own set of parameters. The LBP exemptions expand past work which homeowners can undertake themselves. The work was announced as being great for DIYers, however the laws which sit around these exemptions are complex. As a result, we expect most homeowners will approach LBP’s to navigate them through this and rely on their professional advice and for the work to be done right the first time. The level of accountability for LBP’s has not diminished, even though there will be nil council involvement. To assist LBP’s work through this, New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) have consulted with the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employments (MBIE) Principal Advisor Regulatory
Performance, Paul Hobbs and Senior Structural Engineer Building Performance, Reza E Sedgh to clarify the new exemptions and areas where LBP’s will need to be informed. During October and November, NZCB will be taking this message to ten venues throughout New Zealand, presenting the new exemptions and the traps LBP’s can fall into. We will also explain how to undertake exempt work so that the test of building to Code is met and evidence of doing so is established, should the builder find themselves accountable to the Building Practitioners Board, Council or MBIE.
DATE
LOCATION
VENUE
ARRIVE
START
13 October
TARANAKI
Plymouth Hotel
7:00am –Breakfast
7:30am
13 October
MANAWATU
Distinction Coachman Hotel
5:30pm –Nibbles
6:00pm
14 October
WELLINGTON
Dowse Art Museum
5:30pm –Nibbles
6:00pm
20 October
NELSON
Club Waimea
5:30pm –Nibbles
6:00pm
21 October
CHRISTCHURCH
ARA Polytechnic
5:30pm –Nibbles
6:00pm
28 October
DUNEDIN
Kensington Army Hall
5:30pm –Nibbles
6:00pm
29 October
SOUTHLAND
Ascot Park
6:00pm –Nibbles
6:30pm
3 November
BAY OF ISLANDS
Plough and Feather
7:00am –Breakfast
7:30am
3 November
WHANGAREI
Dickens Inn
5:30pm –Nibbles
6:00pm
4 November
WAIKATO
The Pavilion | Hamilton Workingmen’s Club
5:30pm –Nibbles
6:00pm
November
National Member ZOOM session – To be confirmed
“For the well informed this work can be quite lucrative, for the ill-informed however, the accountability is going to be costly.” – NZCB Group Technical Manager, Jason McClintock
Register at https://tinyurl.com/nzcbworkshop to attend.
8
EARN
LBP Points
FREE
to attend
