Description

Floods, landslides, earthquakes, and other hazards can seriously affect building safety.

Building practitioners may be called on to carry out construction or demolition work during or immediately after an emergency.

This bulletin outlines the laws and processes for construction or demolition work on damaged buildings during or after an emergency.

Scope

This Bulletin covers:

• Introduction
• Civil Defence Emergency Management Act
• Building Act provisions
  • Red, Yellow and white placards
  • Exemptions to requiring building consent
• Resource Management Act
• Insurance and Insurance companies
• Remediation work
• Personal safety
• Emergency mobile alerts
• More resources:
  • BRANZ Bulletins
  • MBIE
  • NEMA
  • WorkSafe
  • Central Hawke's Bay District Council.