Engineers withdraw from building consent work in Wellington 6 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read 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.