The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking feedback on a range of options to increase the uptake of remote inspections and improve efficiency and productivity in the building inspection process.
Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka has announced that the Temporary Accommodation Service (TAS) in the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) activated at 12:00pm on Friday 11 July to offer support to households displaced by the recent severe weather event in Tasman and Nelson regions.
New Zealanders can now install rooftop solar without a building consent and the Government is incentivising sustainable buildings.
Government has passed the legislation enabling granny flats to be built without a building consent.
Tradies, local authorities, designers, retailers and the public are being urged to have their say on a draft document that would enable many more overseas products to be easily used in New Zealand.
The Government is proposing legislative changes aimed at making the EPB system more proportionate and cost-effective by focusing on higher seismic risk areas and high-risk building types. A bill containing the proposed changes is expected to be introduced in coming months.
The Government is introducing a self-certification scheme for trusted building professionals and a requirement for Building Consent Authorities (BCA) to help reduce inspection wait times.
The Seismic Review Steering Group will provide expert oversight for the review of seismic risk management in existing buildings, which is being delivered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
The Government has today confirmed that NIWA will be acquiring MetService as a wholly-owned subsidiary. The announcement follows the in-principle decision made last year on the acquisition.
Improvements will soon be in place to strengthen occupational regulation regimes for Licensed Building Practitioners (LBPs), electrical workers and plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers.
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