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Building and construction
- Reforming the building regulatory system and building and construction sector
- Building and maintaining New Zealand’s homes and buildings
- Response to Canterbury earthquakes
- Response to the rapid building assessment system review
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Building and construction consultations
- Making it easier to build granny flats (2024)
- Building Code fire safety review discussion document
- Review of the building consent system (snapshot)
- Proposed amendments to the BuiltReady Scheme Rules public consultation
- Building consent system review: Options paper summary of submissions
- Improving efficiency in the inspection process: Discussion document
- Consultation document: Insulation requirements in housing and other buildings
- Investigations and reviews for safer buildings
- Residential pool safety
- Supporting a skilled and productive workforce
- Regulating building professionals and practitioners
- Building Performance Website
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Building System Insights Programme
- Building and Construction Sector Trends Reporting Package
- Building for the Future Indicators Explorer
- Construction Workforce Projections
- COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on building system actors
- Evaluation of the Building Consent System
- Monitoring the efficiency of building consent processes for new Kāinga Ora public housing
- National Construction Pipeline Report
- Progress towards identifying potential earthquake-prone buildings
- State of the Building and Construction Sector
- Trends in the importation of building and construction products
- Building Consent System Performance Monitoring
- Digital Compliance for Low-Risk Plumbing and Drainlaying Work Pilot - Evaluation Findings
- Earthquake-prone building and seismic risk management review
Supporting a skilled and productive workforce
We need to lift skills and productivity to ensure the long-term growth of the building and construction sector.
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Growing the number of skilled people
New Zealand’s performance-based building regulatory system is flexible, enabling and encouraging the building and construction industry to develop innovative and cost-effective building design, technology and systems.
New Zealand’s labour market and skills systems need to provide opportunities for people in construction-related occupations and businesses. This will help increase the number of skilled people and innovative firms in the sector.
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Construction Skills Action Plan
Do you have access to people with the skills and capability you need?
Understanding the Construction Contracts Act 2002
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.
National Construction Pipeline Report
The National Construction Pipeline Report provides the sector with a 6-year projection of national building and construction work.