Sustainable refurbishment : new policy initiatives for New Zealand's leaking buildings

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Sustainable refurbishment : new policy initiatives for New Zealand's leaking buildings

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Faulty constructed and leaking buildings as a result of construction practices in the 1990s and 2000s are costing New Zealand billions of dollars in damage in lost production and repair. To improve the poor quality of building construction, the NZ Government over the last 10 years has implemented a range of legal and financial policies. The Building Amendment Bill No 3 is one such piece of legislation and the latest to be passed by the NZ Parliament on the matter. The legislation is set to fu...

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Date created

2013-11

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Murphy, Chris

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https://hdl.handle.net/10652/2714

Related subjects

building legislation / leaking buildings / construction technology / weathertightness / Built Environment and Design / Commercial and Contract Law

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