Have your say on draft earthquake-prone building guidance
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking feedback on draft guidance for how New Zealand’s new Earthquake-Prone Building (EPB) system will work in practice.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking feedback on draft guidance for how New Zealand’s new Earthquake-Prone Building (EPB) system will work in practice.
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The Minister and Associate Minister of Housing are proactively releasing the titles of documents received from MBIE.
The Government’s Temporary Accommodation Service (TAS) has been activated today to support people displaced by the July weather event sequence affecting Kaikōura, Blenheim, and Wairoa.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking feedback on new documents for the new earthquake-prone building (EPB) system: the EPB Legislation and Methodology Guidance, which supports territorial authorities in administering the EPB system, and the EPB technical annexes, which provide detailed technical criteria and pathways for engineers to implement the new system.
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From 1 July 2027, a new system for managing earthquake-prone buildings (EPB) will take effect under the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Act.
Standards New Zealand is seeking feedback on the revision draft of NZS 3604 Timber-framed buildings.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has welcomed the sentencing of Neil Gould in the North Shore District Court for offending relating to the use of a forged document to support a building project’s Code Compliance Certificate (CCC) application.
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