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NZS 3604 is New Zealand's most sought-after technical standard, [2] [4] used in the design and construction of an estimated 93 per cent of light timber-framed buildings. [1] In 2019, the Government funded free online access to the standard to increase accessibility and reduce building compliance costs. [4] [5]
In addition to the regional and territorial authorities, Housing New Zealand made a decision in 2019 to establish Consentium, a national BCA in Kāinga Ora, that is responsible for building consents for public housing (up to and including four storeys) across New Zealand that Kāinga Ora intends to retain. Consentium achieved Accreditation in ...
BRANZ started out as an industry-funded research library in the 1950s, the Building Research Bureau. [1] In the late 1960s the New Zealand government passed legislation to create the building research levy, which allowed the establishment of the research association BRANZ in 1970.
The Minister for Building and Construction is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the government's building, construction and housing programmes. The position was established in 2004 as the Minister for Building Issues. The present Minister is Chris Penk, a member of the National Party. [2]
The following year, the Government announced plans to restructure government building and housing services. The new Department of Building and Housing was established, replacing the Ministry of Housing and picking up functions from the Ministry of Economic Development and the MSD (retirement village legislation) and the Department of Internal ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... New Zealand building and structure stubs (5 C, 193 P)
That year, minimum insulation standards were introduced to the New Zealand building code, and the majority of homes built prior to this had no insulation at all. The Energywise Programme had a target of insulating 6000 homes. In 2009 the New Zealand Government allocated an extra $247.7 million to EECA for home insulation grants.
The New Zealand Green Building Council formed in July 2005 [1]. An establishment board was formed later in 2005 and with formal organisational status granted on 1 February 2006. That month Jane Henley was appointed as the CEO and activity to gain membership of the World Green Building Council began. In July 2006, the first full board was ...