| Title |
Cover page |
Summary of content |
Primary audience |
| Building Act 2004: Guide to exemptions from building consent requirements |
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Contains a high-level overview of the changes to Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004, which came into force in October 2008. Schedule 1 lists the types of minor building work that do not require a building consent. |
Building officials |
| Building work that does not require a building consent: A Guide to Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004 |
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Provides more detail about each of the exemptions in Schedule 1 and specific examples to illustrate where such exemptions are likely to be appropriate. |
Designers Builders Building officials Homeowners |
| Guide to building consent amendments |
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Outlines the Department of Building and Housing's expectations around notifying proposed variations to building consents, assessing those variations and making amendments to building consents. |
Designers Builders Homeowners Developers Building officials |
| A beginner's guide to resource and building consent processes |
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Explains in plain English the requirements of, and relationship between, the Resource Management Act 1991 and the Building Act 2004. It was jointly produced by the Department and the Ministry for the Environment. |
General public who are considering a building project |
| Compliance Schedule Handbook |
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Provides information about the compliance schedule and building warrant of fitness regime under the Building Act 2004. It also provides a guide to developing a compliance schedule for a specified system or systems in a building, including guidance on the associated inspection, maintenance and reporting procedures. |
Building officials Designers IQPs Compliance companies Building owners Building managers |
| Guide to applying for a building consent (simple residential buildings) |
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Describes the key issues to consider when applying for a building consent, along with the minimum documentation that should be supplied with an application to demonstrate compliance with relevant clauses of the Building Code. |
Designers Building owners Building managers Building users Building officials |
| Accessible car parking spaces |
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Provides information on car parking spaces suitable for use by people with mobility disabilities. It outlines the number of parks that must be provided and how they are to be constructed and located. Mobility Parking Permits are explained, along with how accessible parks at motels and in commercial buildings can be managed. |
Designers Building owners Building managers Building users Building officials |
| The international symbol of access |
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Contains information on the international symbol of access - the symbol used to indicate the features and facilities in buildings that can be used by people with mobility disabilities. |
Designers Builders Building users Building officials |
| Accessible reception and service counters |
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Contains information on the correct use of the international symbol of access, and the sound design and installation of accessible reception and service counters. |
Designers Builders Building users Building officials |
| Building Act 2004: Information for designers, builders and specialist trades |
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Discusses changes to building legislation brought about by the introduction of the Building Act 2004 and new Regulations, including: contracts for building work building consents and inspections spec building and housing developments occupational licensing. |
Designers Building site supervisors Tradespeople |
| Building Act 2004: New safety measures for premises intended for public use - Section 363 |
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Contains information about section 363 of the Building Act 2004, which covers premises intended for public use that are affected by building work. The main topics discussed are: when section 363 applies responding to section 363. |
Owners and occupiers Those who control premises intended for public use |
| Building officials' guide to the Building Act 2004 |
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Provides information for building officials about the key changes to building legislation introduced by the Building Act 2004. The main topics it covers are: responsibilities of TAs and BCAs core building control provisions (eg, project information memoranda, building consents, compliance schedules) other provisions (eg, warnings and bans, offences, product certification) a comparison with the Building Act 1991. |
Building officials |
| Building officials' FAQs |
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Provides answers to building officials' most frequently asked questions about the consent and inspection process under the Building Act 2004. |
Building officials |
| Earthquake-prone building provisions of the Building Act 2004: Policy guidance for territorial authorities |
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Provides guidance on how councils can make a policy for dealing with earthquake-prone buildings. The main topics covered include: the intent of the legislation a policy template policy guidance a model policy. |
Territorial authority chief executives Building officials |
| Dangerous and insanitary building provisions of the Building Act 2004: Policy guidance for territorial authorities |
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Provides guidance on how to develop a policy for dealing with dangerous and insanitary buildings. The main topics covered include: a policy approach priorities for action dealing with heritage buildings a template check sheet for inspections. |
Territorial authority chief executives Building officials |
| Building infringement scheme guidelines |
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Contains information to assist effective and appropriate implementation of the Building (Infringement Offences, Fees, and Forms) Regulations 2007 and the development of relevant local enforcement policies and procedures. |
Territorial authorities Regional councils |
| Building Consent Authority Accreditation Preparation and Self-assessment Guide |
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Provides information to assist territorial and regional authorities that apply to become building consent authorities to prepare their policies, processes and procedures for accreditation assessment. The guide is also a tool to support self-assessment for building consent authority accreditation applicants against the Building (Accreditation of Building Consent Authorities) Regulations 2006. |
Building officials |
| BCA Accreditation Regulation 17 Quality Assurance System Guidance |
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Provides guidance for building consent authorities on the quality assurance requirements of regulation 17 of the Building (Accreditation of Building Consent Authorities) Regulations 2006. Building consent authorities must have implemented, and be successfully accredited against, these requirements before 1 December 2010. |
Building officials |
| Building consent authority development guide |
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A tool for applicant building consent authorities to use when preparing for accreditation. The guide includes process flowcharts and information about the technical processes and procedures of territorial authorities, regional authorities and building consent authorities. Note: A CD version for regional authorities is also available on request. |
Building officials |
| Building consent authority development guide: Management processes and procedures module |
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Provides assistance to territorial and regional authorities that apply to become building consent authorities to prepare their quality assurance policies, processes and procedures for accreditation assessment and ongoing compliance. The guide also provides good-practice guidance that may be used (or adapted for use) by building consent authorities to demonstrate compliance with the accreditation regulation 17 Assuring Quality. |
Building officials |
| Means of establishing compliance: alternative solutions |
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Contains guidance on how to use alternative solution proposals when applying for building consents. This includes the use and assessment of alternative solutions by building consent authorities. |
Building consent applicants Designers Architects Engineers Other building and construction professionals Building officials |