On site with Certified Builders President Jason McClintock

Building regulations are now in place as to who can lawfully undertake critical building work on residential construction and, in some cases, maintenance/alterations. This work is called restricted building work; it commonly covers weathertightness and structural works requiring a building consent.

This work needs to be done right first time for a building to perform throughout its life cycle. A Licensed Certified Builder offering a 10 year Homefirst building guarantee is the best person to take on such risk.

DIY and homeowner provisions are on their way, in the meantime, there is still plenty of scope for the DIY community. Replacing plaster board and walls that are not structural, or exterior works that do not compromise the exterior envelop of a residential building.

For the tradesman, many will be affected – most will not achieve a licence to sign their work off and will need to work in with their main contractor to be supervised. Structural and weathertightness implicates on exterior painters to plaster board installers –bracing/diaphragm. There are stiff penalties for getting it wrong, for practitioners, homeowners and developers.

To clarify the confusion on what can and can't be done and by who; WBOP Certified Builders Association is hosting a two hour workshop with speakers from the Department of Building and Housing, clarifying restricted building work, memoranda, builders and homeowners obligations. The workshop if free and open to anyone wishing to be better informed about these areas of building work.

The workshop is at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Windermere Campus on March 29. Kindly supported by Winston Wallboards.