Improvements will soon be in place to strengthen occupational regulation regimes for Licensed Building Practitioners (LBPs), electrical workers and plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers.

The Government has passed the Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, and Certification Schemes) Amendment Bill to remove barriers to overseas building products being used in New Zealand.

The Government recently sought public feedback on options to make it easier to build granny flats.

The National Construction Pipeline Report provides the sector with a 6-year projection of national building and construction work.

Consultation document to help get feedback on proposals to change insulation requirements for housing and other buildings in the Building Code, Acceptable Solutions H1/AS1 and H1/AS2 and Verification Methods H1/VM1 and H1/VM2.

Have your say on changing the Building Code requirements for insulation in homes and other buildings.

The Government recently sought public feedback on options to make it easier to build granny flats.

Making it easier to build granny flats.

Making it easier to build granny flats.

The Government has recently outlined a number of reforms underway in the building and construction portfolio via a press release issued by the Building and Construction Minister, Hon Chris Penk.