The Construction Contracts Act 2002 provides a process for dealing with payments and disputes under a construction contract, including retention money provisions to protect subcontractors.
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Cabinet have approved changes to the building warrant of fitness regime, including new and enhanced offences and penalties for non-compliance.
Building control officers will be required to complete their competency assessments at least every 2 years rather than annually.
The Government has listened to feedback and has made a change to the size of dams impacted by the regulations, to reduce the number of dams that need to comply.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has today opened a consultation proposing to extend the transition period end date for the lead and dezincification plumbing product provisions published last year, from 1 September 2025 to 1 May 2026.
Have your say on the draft Technical Specification for Structural design actions – Part 5: Earthquake actions – New Zealand (TS1170.5) which focuses on providing updated engineering guidance to determine earthquake loadings when designing new buildings.
MBIE is conducting a review of the building consent system to address long standing issues impacting the consenting process.
Standards New Zealand has today released a draft Technical Specification for 'Structural design actions – Part 5: Earthquake actions – New Zealand' (TS1170.5) for public comment. The draft specification looks to provide updated engineering guidance to determine earthquake loadings when designing new buildings.
Discussion document for MBIE's consultation on proposed amendments to the BuiltReady scheme rules.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is consulting on proposed scheme rules for CodeMark.