Building Amendment Act News Today

New Tokoroa Central Business District Business Association set to embrace changing retail habits to boost town centre.

Minister for Building and Construction In the year ended May 2021, the actual number of new dwellings consented was 43,466. The annual value of non-residential building work consented was $7.9 billion, up 21 percent from the May 2020 year. The number of new townhouses, flats and units consented in May 2021 is 1,380. Government support for and investment in the construction sector is once again paying off with the highest annual number of residential building consents on record, says Minister fo...

Press Release – New Zealand Government Government support for and investment in the construction sector is once again paying off with the highest annual number of residential building consents on record, says Minister for Building and Construction Poto Williams. Hon Poto Williams Minister for Building and Construction In the year ended May 2021, the actual number of new dwellings consented was 43,466. The annual value of non-residential building work consented was $7.9 billion, up 21 percent ...

Historic buildings likely to be toppled under post-quake law, PhD finds   Dr Itohan Esther Aigwi. Recent PhD research from Massey University shows that the Building Amendment Act 2016 provides more logical reasons for demolition of historical buildings than preservation.  Dr Itohan Esther Aigwi, who recently graduated with a Doctor of Engineering, investigated  the impacts of the Building (earthquake-prone buildings) Amendment Act 2016 on the retention of historical buildin...

An example of an inaccessible building under construction. For many British Columbians, the struggle for equal access and independence has been long. Our communities continue to have too many barriers for people living with disabilities, who make up nearly 25 per cent of the province’s population. Thankfully, society’s views about disability are evolving. However, despite this societal shift and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms enshrining the protections of those with di...

WARWICK SMITH/Stuff Ken Smith (left), his wife Gail own 54-60 Fergusson St, Feilding. They are one of the first to seismic-strengthen their building. They are pictured with business manager and grandson Cameron Smith. He decided to go ahead with strengthening, and employed Auckland-based company Seismic Performance to assist him. The company offered package deals that included engineering, consent and construction costs. It would cost him $330,000. Records showed the building was valued in 2...