Codewords 2010 issues

The building controls newsletter of the Department of Building and Housing. 

Issue 44 - November/December 2010

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Issue 43 - August/September 2010

In this issue we cover:

• Canterbury recovery programme
• Major changes arise from Building Act Review
• Upcoming consultations
• Codewords to your 'inbox'
• Multiproof celebrates getting its first customers
• Dam Safety Scheme deferred
• Compliance Documents reference updated standards
• GST increase from 1 October 2010
• Councils show their support for leaky homes finance package
• Determinations
• Learning curve

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Issue 42 - June 2010

In this issue we cover:

• Getting your building licence
• Financial assistance package for owners of leaky homes
• Court decision reinforces need for manufacturers to represent products fairly
• Building Consent Authority Accreditation
• Building Act Review discussion document gets high interest
• New product assurance guide for building products
• Making sure you have safety glass
• Emergency access to people in toilets
• Concrete masonry – there’s no substitute for expert advice
• Determinations
• Learning curve

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Issue 41 - April 2010

In this issue we cover:

• Better Building Blueprint brings positive change
• Wide debate on proposals for reform of Building Act
• Simple House Acceptable Solution
• MultiProof
• Streamlining for the Licensed Building Practitioner Scheme
• Competition opens to find this year’s Apprentice of the Year
• New Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006
• Practice Advisory No. 12
• Double-tee floors and SESOC newsletter
• Drains from hot water cylinder relief valves
• Anchor capacity at concrete slab floor edges
• Weathertightness of concrete masonry
• Determinations
• Learning curve

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