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Building CodeHub resources update – September 2022
Resources added to BCH in September 2022 include:
• MBIE new and updated resources – Product certificates (CodeMark), Determinations and Online educational courses
• BRANZ new, re-issued and revised resources – Appraisals, a Guidance and a Tool
The following resources have been added to Building CodeHub:
MBIE Product Certificates (CodeMark) - new and updated:
MBIE Determinations - updated:
- 2020/019: Regarding the authority's decision to issue a notice to fix for an agricultural effluent storage pond.
- 2019/017: Regarding a notice to fix and whether a structure on a trailer is a vehicle or a building
- 2019/036: Regarding a notice to fix and whether a structure on trailers is a vehicle or a building.
- 2019/051: Regarding provision of access and facilities for people with disabilities to an existing house being used to accommodate seasonal workers
- 2019/069: Regarding the need for a compliance schedule for a cable car servicing a residential dwelling
- 2018/015: Regarding a notice to fix and the refusal to issue a certificate of acceptance for alterations to a house
- 2018/028: Regarding the decision to issue a notice to fix for the means of escape from fire in a building
- 2016/039: Regarding the grant of a building consent for a modular house, and the use of modules designed locally but prefabricated offshore
- 2016/040: Regarding the grant of a building consent for a modular house, and the use of modules designed locally but prefabricated offshore
- 2015/073: Regarding the issue of a notice to fix for building work carried out without building consent and non-compliance with the Building Code
- 2021/014: Regarding compliance with the Building Act of an existing pool barrier
- 2010/002: The refusal to issue a code compliance certificate for a dam
- 2009/015: The code compliance of a 15 year-old house
- 2009/061: Whether a territorial authority was correct to issue building consents and code compliance certificates for four year-old houses where the cladding is exhibiting signs of failure
- 2009/070: Provision of accessible toilet facilities in an altered office building in an industrial complex
- 2009/109: Refusal to amend a building consent and compliance of certain building elements at a house
- 2008/015: Dispute about the code compliance of one of seven houses built under a single consent
- 2020/026: Regarding the compliance of a swimming pool barrier consisting of a pool cover and a proposed alarm system.
MBIE Online Educational Courses:
- Managing Buildings in an Emergency - Learning modules
- Geotechnical Engineering - Learning modules
- Protection from fire. Acceptable Solution C/AS2 - Learning modules
- Dam Safety - Learning module
- Earthquake-prone buildings - Learning modules
- G7 Natural Light - Learning module
- H1 Energy efficiency and insulation - Learning modules
BRANZ Appraisals - new, re-issued and amended:
- Appraisal number 1055 (2020) Cemintel Rigid Air Barrier™ System
- Appraisal number 1199 (2022) PRO-500 WP Rapid Under-tile Wet Area Membrane
- Appraisal number 1200 (2022) PRO-500 WP Rapid Under-tile External Membrane
BRANZ Guidance:
BRANZ Tool:
Notification date: 3 October 2022