Recent updates to the Building Code – what you need to know - Issue 111
- Abbreviation
- Recent updates to the Building Code – what you need to know
- Valid from
- 1/02/2023
- Information provider
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
- Information type
- CodeWords article
- Format
- Website
Description
The Building Performance team at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) updates the acceptable solution and verification method Building Code documents regularly. We do this to ensure that:
- the system is effective and keeps pace with modern methods of construction, products and technologies
- our buildings are safe, healthy and durable.
Find out about the latest Building Code updates and how you can subscribe for the latest information.
Scope
This CodeWords article includes:
1. Summary of Building Code consultations
- 2022 Building Code updates
- Decision on hollow-core floors
- Decision on lead in plumbing products
- Summary of decisions on lead in plumbing products and hollow-core floors
- Decision on other proposals
- 2021 Building Code updates
- Staged implementation for H1 insulation requirements for housing
- H1 education modules
2. Stay up to date with Building Code updates
3. Quiz