BOINZ conference

From 21-23 March the Building Officials Institute of New Zealand (BOINZ) held their annual conference in New Plymouth. The conference, a key event for building officials, was attended by approximately 280 delegates from around the country and 14 staff from the Department of Building and Housing.

The Department was pleased to support BOINZ by securing the gold sponsor position, and would like to congratulate the organising committee on a professionally organised and well managed conference. Staff welcomed the opportunity to meet new BOINZ Chief Executive Len Clapham, and also addressed conference delegates on a variety of issues.

Workshops were held on building consent authority registration and accreditation, certificates of acceptance, notices to fix and plans for building consent applications.

'Conferences like this are a great way for the Department to meet the people we speak to and deal with on a day-to-day basis,' said Departmental Adviser John Tait. 'It's an ongoing partnership and we look forward to working with BOINZ to achieve the key requirements of the Building Act.'