Joint NZ and Australian Standards Committee FP-003 - ABC Nomination
The Association has been asked to provide a nomination for a committee member to the Joint Australian and NZ Standards Committee, FP-003 Hand-Held Firefighting Equipment. This includes extinguishers, …
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Vocational Education Reform - Sprinkler and Alarm Technicians
Following the Cabinet announcement on April 24th, and subject to the legislation passing, Te Pūkenga’s work-based learning divisions, including their existing apprentices and trainees, will transfer t…
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Firefighting Equipment Thefts on the Rise again
Fire and Emergency NZ have issued a new notice on Firefighting Equipment thefts. Unfortunately, this is not the first time this has happened. Please read the notice here and be vigilant of your equipm…
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Navigating Liability, Risk and Corporate Contrasts: Strategies for a Risk-Averse Era
In today’s dynamic regulatory and legal environment, companies face increasing scrutiny over contract compliance, liability exposure, and risk allocation—particularly when engaging with local councils…
ABC Government Submission on proposed IQP Offences
ABC provided a detailed formal submission to the Select Committee for Building (Earthquake-prone Building Deadlines and Other Matters) Amendment Bill - New Zealand Parliament (www.parliament.nz). Unf…
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Update from Auckland City Council
The Auckland City Council has updated their process for applying for changes to the Compliance Schedule or applying for a new Compliance Schedule to include providing more information on all specified…
Confusion over B-RaD and S-RaD forms
Recently Auckland Council released communications regarding the new S-Rad and B-Rad forms as launched by MBIE. In this email Auckland Council said that they would fully adopt the new forms as of 2 Oc…
Auckland City Council News Update
Good afternoon MBIE recently communicated the launch of two new documents for managing missed inspections and maintenance procedures for specified systems. These documents are known as the S-RaD (Sp…
ABC Appoints new Technical Director
The Association of Building Compliance is delighted to announce the appointment of Trent Fearnley as our new Technical Director.
MBIE Release Compliance Schedule Exemplar
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), in collaboration with the Association of Building Compliance, has developed a new ‘best-practice’ / exemplar compliance schedule document in…
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