Engineers withdraw from building consent work in Wellington
6 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz
Wellington City Council is still struggling to issue building consents within 20 working days, partly because contracted engineers are withdrawing their services over insurance concerns.
The council s Annual Report shows the proportion of building consents being issued within the statutory timeframe has slipped from 91 per cent in 2017/18 to 79 per cent in 2019/20.
Reasons listed for this included a booming and short-skilled construction sector, an increase in building consent complexity, and the loss of experienced staff being attracted to central Government.