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The building consent is the oundation document
or any building project. It entitles you to carry out
building work in accordance with the plans and
specications submitted in your consent application.
It also provides ormal recognition that your plans
and specications meet the requirements o the
New Zealand Building Code, and thereore will
be built to meet certain perormance standards.
The Building Act 2004 increased the ocus on the
content and quality o the plans, specications and
documentation submitted or a building consent.
Getting the design, planning and documentation
right is the rst step in ensuring a building can be
built properly rst time.
To build well, all parts o the building process
need to work, rom the initial design and building
consent through to construction, inspection and
ongoing maintenance. Measures in the Building Act
are targeted at all parts o the building process.
Those who design and build will be licensed.
Councils and building consent authorities will be
accredited and registered. Product manuacturers
will be able to have their products certied
under the product certication scheme.
The Building Code is under review to ensure
perormance standards or buildings are clear and
meet people’s needs.
This guide will help you prepare plans, specications
and documentation or a building consent
application. Every building project is dierent and
requires dierent documentation. Building consent
authorities have their own systems or processing
building consents, and the systems needed or
a large metro building consent authority will
remain dierent rom those or a small rural one.
Nevertheless, this guide aims to bring more
consistency into the sector, and proposes a broad
agreement on the orm and content o building
consent documentation.
John Kay
General Manager, Building Controls
Foreword
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ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT 3
INTRODUCTION 4
.0 BACKGROUND 5
2.0 THE BUILDING CONSENT PROCESS 7
3.0 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS 8
4.0 DESIGN SUMMARY 2
5.0 DESIGN SUMMARY CHECK SHEET 5
6.0 DRAWINGS 2 6. Site plan 22
6.2 Foundation plan 24
6.3 Floor plan 26
6.4 Exterior elevations 28
6.5 Sections 30
6.6 Construction details 32
6.7 Additional drawings 34
7.0 RELATED ISSUES 35
8.0 APPLICATION FOR A PROJECT INFORMATION MEMORAN DUM AND/OR BUILDING CONSENT 39
9.0 BUILDING INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS 40
0.0 PROJECT PLANNING 4
.0 GLOSSARY OF TERMS 43
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About this document
This guide has been prepared or people wishing
to apply or a building consent or:
• simple residential buildings
• new buildings, primarily.
Readers are expected to have some knowledge o
the Building Code and the building consent process.
WHO SHOULD READ THIS GUIDE?
This guide has been written to help designers,
builders, homeowners’ agents and developers
by explaining the minimum inormation needed
or a building consent application.
The inormation it contains may also be o interest
to others in the construction sector, particularly
product manuacturers, subcontractors, and
providers o specialist technical services.
It is not generally intended as a guide or homeowner-
applicants, because preparing documentation or
consent applications, particularly or new buildingprojects, requires a detailed knowledge o the
Building Code and building process.
This document has been prepared by the
Department o Building and Housing (the Department)
as guidance inormation in accordance with section
175 o the Building Act.
The recommendations and suggestions in this guide
are not mandatory and not intended to be prescriptive.
This guide is not a substitute or proessional
advice, and should not be relied on as establishing
compliance with the Building Code. It is not a
Compliance Document under the Building Act 2004,and may be updated rom time to time. The latest
version is available rom the Department’s website
(www.dbh.govt.nz).
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Introduction
The owner o a proposed building has the
responsibility to make sure enough detail is provided
in the plans, specications and other documentation
or the building consent authority to issue a building
consent. Most applications or new building projects
are completed on behal o the owner by design
proessionals.
This guide ocuses on how to obtain approval
rom a building consent authority. It will help you
prepare plans, specications and documentation
or a building consent application. We have writ ten
it specically or simple residential building work,
such as new houses or townhouses. However,
the principles it contains can be applied to all
building projects.
The basic inormation needed or a building consent
application is similar across New Zealand. However,
each local council or building consent authority
processes applications slightly di erently, so there
may be variations rom one area to another.
For a building consent to be approved, you need to
demonstrate how the proposed building will comply
with the Building Code. It helps to remember that
the Building Code sets out only the minimum
perormance standards a building must meet.
In many cases, homeowners and designers will
strive or better standards.
It’s also important to remember that the building
consent authorities which approve applications
are looking or compliance with the Building Code.
It’s not their role to design the work or to monitor
quality and aesthetics, except where this aects
compliance with the Building Code.
The documentation or even a simple new building
project passes through many hands, includingdesigners, builders, plumbers, drainlayers,
homeowners and developers, and the building
consent authority.
Good planning and documentation provides a solid
oundation or everyone involved in the building
process. It should speed up processing and approval
times, and also provides an accurate historical
record that can be used later when urther work,
repair or maintenance is needed.
Providing adequate documentation will helpeveryone involved in a building project play their
part in ensuring the work is carried out properly,
rst time.
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1.0 Background
. THE BUILDING ACT 2004
The Building Act 2004 increased ocus on the
content and quality o plans and specications
submitted or a building consent.
Section 45 o the Building Act sets out in broad
terms what an application or a building consent
must contain. However, it does not dene the orm,
content or quality o the plans and specications,
or other inormation needed to support an individual
application.The Building Act allows each building consent
authority to determine what plans, specications
and other inormation it reasonably requires.
This allows or dierences to be managed locally,
such as ways o storing and retrieving volumes
o applications. However, it has led to inconsistency
rom one authority to another. This situation
doesn’t provide certainty or you or or building
consent authorities.
We hope the approach set out in this guide willpromote greater consistency and eciency within
the sector.
.2 BUILDING CONSENT DOCUMENTATION
This guide includes recommendations on the
appropriate orm and minimum content or a building
consent application. This includes the drawings,
specications and accompanying documents
(other inormation), such as engineering calculations
and design reports. This guide also discusses
associated issues, such as the appropriate
role o manuacturers’ data, alternative design,
engineering and design calculations, product
appraisals, and various other orms o technical
statement or warranty.
Some building consent authorities have specic
requirements or building consent documentation,
including:
• specic size, orm and scale o individual
drawings or the elements they contain
• requirements or certain line types,
or thicknesses, or or lettering o a certain
type or size.
Oten these requirements are a result o the
building consent authority’s process or storing and
retrieving building consent inormation (or example,
digital storage). Although such requirements are
not related to the Building Code or Building Act,
it is useul to ask the building consent authority
about any specic requirements it may have beore
lodging your building consent application.
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.3 COvERAGE OF DOCUMENTS
This guide ocuses on inormation needed
to conrm compliance with the Building Code.
However, inormation on tendering, contractual
issues, project management and construction,
and on those parts o a building project not requiring
Code compliance, can be included in a single set
o documents suitable both ‘or consent’ and
‘or construction’.
Building consent authorities may require other inormation,
due to area-specic matters (such as known ground and
environmental conditions), local district plan requirements,
bylaws, or Local Government Act 2002 requirements.
A project inormation memorandum (PIM) would identiy
any issues or you in advance.
Building consent authorities may require other inormation,
due to area-specic matters (such as known ground and
environmental conditions), local district plan requirements,
bylaws, or Local Government Act 2002 requirements.
A project inormation memorandum (PIM) would identiy
any issues or you in advance.
.4 ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS
You can also apply the principles and
recommendations in this guide to projects involving
additions and alterations to an existing building.
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2.0 The building consent process
A building project starts on site ater a building
consent has been issued and concludes when
a code compliance certicate is issued. Building
consent authorities check that the documents
submitted or a building consent conrm –
in accordance with section 49(1) o the Building Act
– ‘that the provisions o the Building Code would
be met i the building work were properly completed
in accordance with the plans and specications
that accompanied the application’.
Compliance with other requirements (such as
bylaws or a district plan) may be critical to the
design o the project, even though they’re not
part o the building consent process. Thereore,
you should consider these requirements as part
o your project management and design.
Building consent authorities should not suspend
building consent processing due to requests or
urther inormation or evidence on matters that
all outside compliance with the Building Code.
This type o inormation is not part o the buildingconsent process.
You will help the assessment process greatly i
you ensure the building consent documentation:
• includes a clear summary or report explaining
how compliance with each relevant clause
o the Building Code will be achieved,
including any waiver or modication sought
(reer to section 4.0 o this guide)
• dierentiates between items that relate
to the Building Code and those that relate
to contractual, tender and other Building Act
requirements
• includes a schedule or schedules o the materials,
products and systems (and their maintenancerequirements) proposed to be used in constructing
the building.
2. EARLY CONSULTATION
IS IMPORTANT
Early consultation between you, your designer and
the building consent authority plays an important
role. It helps reduce misunderstandings at the
time o application, as any specic document
requirements rom the building consent authoritycan be taken into account.
Obtaining a project inormation memorandum (PIM)
early in the process may reveal useul inormation
that helps the designer during their design work.
2.2 CODE COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
It’s important that all documentation relating to the
building consent is complete, precise and is an
accurate record o what has occurred on the site.
The owner must apply or a code compliance
certicate once the building work described in the
building consent, with any subsequent approved
amendments, has been completed.
The building consent authority must issue a code
compliance certicate where it is satised that thebuilding work complies with the building consent.
Where the building consent authority is not
satised, they may reuse to issue the code
compliance certicate.
Sale by a residential property deeloper
Under section 364 o the Building Act, residential property
developers (anyone building, or arranging to have built,
a household unit or the purpose o selling it) must get
a code compliance certicate beore completing the
sale, or allowing a purchaser to take possession o the
household unit. The exception to this is when the propertydeveloper and buyer sign Form 1 o the Building (Forms)
Regulations 2004. This orm is called ‘Agreement
between residential property developer and purchaser’.
This orm can’t be altered in any way.
Sale by a residential property deeloper
Under section 364 o the Building Act, residential property
developers (anyone building, or arranging to have built,
a household unit or the purpose o selling it) must get
a code compliance certicate beore completing the
sale, or allowing a purchaser to take possession o the
household unit. The exception to this is when the propertydeveloper and buyer sign Form 1 o the Building (Forms)
Regulations 2004. This orm is called ‘Agreement
between residential property developer and purchaser’.
This orm can’t be altered in any way.
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3.0 Plans and specications
3. DEFINITION
The Building Act denes ‘plans and specications’
as ‘the drawings, specications and other
documents according to which a building is
proposed to be constructed, altered, demolished,
or removed’.
This denition doesn’t provide enough inormation
or you to determine how much or how lit tle detail
is needed and how the inormation should be
structured. Most building consent authorities willprovide guidance on the documentation you need
to submit with your building consent application
orms (this may include check sheets).
You also need to consider any application
inormation provided by the building consent
authority.
For the purposes o this guide, ‘other inormation’
includes but is not limited to:
• calculations
• manuacturers’ data
• technical opinions or appraisals
• codes o practice.
See section 7.0 o this guide or inormation on
these subjects.
3.2 BUILDING CONSENT INFORMATION
Inormation in the plans and specications needs
to be project-specic.
Using general phrases such as ‘reer to
manuacturer’s specication and/or requirements’
or ‘installed in accordance with best trade practice’
is not sucient. Manuacturers’ specications can
change rom time to time and ‘best trade practice’
is a standard that varies rom individual to individual.
Reerences to Standards and ComplianceDocuments need to be specic rather than general.
Some Standards are cited (in whole or in part)
in the Acceptable Solutions while other Standards
oer advice only. Some Standards may also
contain a range o options.
Make reerence to any Standards that are readily
available to those involved in the building process.
Reerences to other industry guides, such as
BRANZ publications, need to be specic and
not general.
Reerences need to:
• uniquely identiy documents with titles and dates
• be specic as to the paragraphs/clauses to
be ollowed.
Compliance Documents and Acceptable Solutions
The Building Code, being perormance-based, requires
a certain level o perormance to be achieved in buildings.
Unlike prescriptive bylaws that existed beore, it allows
more than one way to achieve that perormance. The
Acceptable Solutions provided in the Compliance
Documents (produced by the Department o Building and
Housing) provide one means o demonstrating compliance
with the Building Code. Building consent authorities must
accept Compliance Documents as complying with the
Building Code. Designers can provide an alternative
solution, as long as they demonstrate to the building
consent authority that the proposal will comply with the
Building Code.
Compliance Documents and Acceptable Solutions
The Building Code, being perormance-based, requires
a certain level o perormance to be achieved in buildings.
Unlike prescriptive bylaws that existed beore, it allows
more than one way to achieve that perormance. The
Acceptable Solutions provided in the Compliance
Documents (produced by the Department o Building and
Housing) provide one means o demonstrating compliance
with the Building Code. Building consent authorities must
accept Compliance Documents as complying with the
Building Code. Designers can provide an alternative
solution, as long as they demonstrate to the building
consent authority that the proposal will comply with the
Building Code.
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A good project specication has a logical structure
and means o navigation. The deault standard
classication system or New Zealand is CBI
(Coordinated Building Inormation), recognised
by the 4-digit numbers used to classiy each
work section (ie, chapter) o the specication.
There should be a ‘Preliminaries’ and a ‘General’
section, ollowed by a series o technical work
sections, with each work section or chapter laid out
in a consistent pattern (such as ‘General’, ‘Products’,
‘Execution’, ‘Selections’) and with a consistent
clause numbering system.
Specications have typically been based on proprietary
model documents, or assembled by individual designers
in a modied trade-based ormat. Specication sections
have a long history o subdivision by trade (both traditional
and infuenced by NZS 4202: 1995 Standard Method
o Measurement o Building Works) or work sections
(based on CBI, a classication system modied rom
international practice by the Association or Coordinated
Building Inormation New Zealand).
3.3 DRAWINGS
All drawings should contain a drawing number
and title, the designer’s and owner’s name,
and job address, and be dated or version control.
Drawing conventions – line types and widths,
lettering type and size, symbols or building eatures
and elements, designation o spaces, representation
o materials and cross-reerencing conventions –
should generally conorm to AS/NZS 1100
Technical Drawing. Either hand-drawn or CAD
(computer-aided design) drawings are acceptable.
Drawing sizes may vary according to circumstance
and convenience, usually ranging rom A0 to A4.
The size o drawing sheets should be consistent
within a single set o project drawings. However,
occasionally drawings or diagrams o components
and construction details are more appropriately
provided in A4 size and bound in with specication
data (or example, a specic engineering detail).
The recognised Standard or architectural and engineering
drawing in New Zealand is set out in dierent parts under
AS/NZS 1100 Technical Drawing. This group o Standards
provides useul advice on drawing conventions.
While they do not provide a model or a typical set o
building consent documents or construction documents,
they nevertheless provide a good base to work rom.
3.4 DRAWING RANGE
The size and complexity o the project oten
determines the level or amount o detail needed,
and extent o associated structural and building
services-related documents. You can nd more
detailed inormation on the orm and content
o drawings in section 6.0 o this guide.
3.5 DIMENSIONS
AS/NZS 1100.301 sets out conventions ordimensions on drawings. Where a nished
dimension is critical or compliance or construction,
you should clearly identiy it in the relevant drawing
or specication. Timber size should be identied
by its actual nished size.
3.6 SPECIFICATION STRUCTURE
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3.7 SPECIFICATION CONTENT
You should keep matters o tender, contract and
project management separate rom technical
matters, and rom the proposed product and
material selections. You can describe product
and material selections in each work section,
grouped together in a single ‘schedule’,
or list them on the drawings. A mix o trade-
based, material-based, process-based and
element-based sections or chapters is acceptable.
3.8 SPECIFICATIONS vERSUS
DRAWINGS
Your specication should complement the drawings,
not contain erroneous inormation and not contradict
itsel or associated documents. Inormation on
drawings need not be in the specication and
vice versa. Repeating the same inormation in two
places may lead to contradiction and conusion,
but may be useul or key points.
You should be able to decide how inormation
is presented and where it is located. Reasonable
requests made by the building consent authority
should be respected.
Sometimes inormation on timber sizes and
treatments is best placed on the drawings and
sometimes the specication may be the preerred
location. There will also be instances where project
selections – such as sanitary ttings or door
hardware – are best scheduled on the drawings,
alongside details o cabinetwork or kitchen/bathroom
xtures. In other cases such selections may be
better contained within the specication text.
You can also include certain drawn inormation in
a specication, such as ‘standard’ details o a catch
pit, or gully trap, a series o ‘standard’ reinorcing
details, or items or abrication o site. Wherever
you give this inormation in the document set,
it should be clear, correct and complete.
On a minor project, you can include the specication
data on the drawings or the convenience o both
the building consent authority and the builder.
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3.9 GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE
A consistent approach to grammar and language
helps readability. Plain English and common words
are preerred. Avoid legalese and jargon.
The uture o documentation
Many designers are able to deliver, store and retrieve
documents electronically. Some building consent
authorities can also process and store building consent
applications in electronic orm. I you have suitable
technology, you should ask the building consent authority
i your application can be lodged electronically. Not only
can this reduce the cost and inconvenience o exchanging
inormation, it can also prevent problems with accessing
and interpreting hard copy or scanned documents.
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A design summary is a tabulated listing o how
you propose to comply with each o the relevant
Building Code clauses. A design summary is not
mandatory, but does have several benets. It can:
• help the designer (during the documentation
phase) and the building consent authority
(during the building consent phase)
by providing a checklist against compliance
with the Building Code
• conrm which parts o the project are
compliance-related, as opposed to construction-
or contract-related only
• provide a checklist during construction,
clariying which changes will require a variation,
amendment or a new building consent
• provide a useul checklist (where it is kept up
to date) or the building consent authority
to consider Code compliance ater the project
is complete.
How much inormation is needed?
The purpose o building consent documentation is to
demonstrate, to the satisaction o the building consent
authority, that all relevant perormance requirements
o the Building Code are met. How extensive the plans,
specications and related inormation need to be depends
on the complexity and size o the project and how
closely the design conorms with Acceptable Solutions
or Verication Methods in the Compliance Documents
or the Building Code. In some cases, you may need to
describe how Code compliance is achieved or individual
building elements where the element must comply with
a variety o Code clauses (or example, a boundary wall
that is re-rated, provides bracing, has sound-control
properties and is located in a wet area).
4.0 Design summary
4. COMPLIANCE WITH BUILDING CODE
CLAUSES
Take care to ensure all relevant clauses o the
Building Code are correctly identied and considered
during the design process. They need to be
identied on the building consent application orm
where appropriate (see section 8.0 o this guide).
I you use a design summary, you could make
specic reerence to the relevant clause o the
Building Code.
The relevant Building Code clauses or simple,
residential buildings are described below.
However, in each par ticular case you should
consult the Building Code to check that the
relevant perormance criteria have been met.
B Structure – demonstrating how the building
withstands likely loads, including wind, earthquake,
live and dead loads (people and building contents).
B2 Durability – conrming the use o materials
that will remain unctional or the minimum periodsspecied (5, 15 or at least 50 years).
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C Fire Saety – demonstrating means o escape
and boundary separations.
D Access Routes – the saety o entry/exit to the
building and the saety o any internal or external
stairs and slip resistance.
E Surace Water – the method o disposal o,
or example, rainwater rom external suraces,
and conrmation that surace water cannot enter
the building.
E2 External Moisture – conrming that the designand detailing o all external roo and wall claddings
and external openings will prevent external moisture
rom causing undue dampness or damage.
E3 Internal Moisture – conrming that suraces
in wet areas are durable enough, easily cleaned and
designed to resist moisture, and that ventilation and
the space temperature are sucient to avoid the
excessive build-up o moisture.
F Hazardous Agents on Site – identiying and
neutralising any hazardous agents or other
contamination o the building site.
F2 Hazardous Building Materials – conrming
the appropriate selection o glass and glazing
methods to ensure the saety o building users.
It also considers building materials that give o
noxious umes.
F4 Saety rom Falling – conrming the sae
design o all barriers (including handrails and
balustrades) inside and outside the building
(note: includes the design o swimming pool ences
under the Fencing o Swimming Pools Act 1987).
G Personal Hygiene – providing sucient sanitary
xtures (toilets, showers and basins) or cleanliness.
G2 Laundering – providing sucient laundry
acilities.
G3 Food Preparation and Preention o
Contamination – providing sucient sae and
hygienic acilities or ood storage and preparation.
G4 ventilation – conrming required natural
or orced ventilation to all occupied spaces.
G7 Natural Light – conrming that sucient
natural light is provided to occupied spaces and
providing appropriate visual awareness or the
occupants.
G8 Artifcial Light – conrming the provision
o minimum light levels in occupied spaces.
G9 Electricity – conrming sae distribution and
use o electricity.
G0 Piped Serices – conrming the sae
distribution o gas.
G Gas as an Energy Source – conrming the
sae installation o gas-powered appliances.
G2 Water Supplies – conrming the sae
supply (avoidance o scalding and backfow),
storage, reticulation and, where needed,
heating o potable water.
G3 Foul Water – conrming the sae and sanitary
collection and disposal o oul water and the
prevention o oul air rom entering the building.H Energy Efciency – conrming the provision o
a warm, dry interior environment through insulation
and controlling air movement, and the ecient use
o energy.
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Using general details or a general statement
o compliance with the Building Code in the
specication is not sucient to demonstrate
compliance. The drawings and the details they
contain must be specic to the project. You should
clearly identiy in the specication the particular
materials and/or systems you intend to use.
Manuacturers’ inormation
The Acceptable Solutions and Verication Methods
in the Compliance Documents do not reerence specicbranded products or systems. However, brand-specic
products and systems can be proposed to demonstrate
compliance with the Building Code. Once the building
consent has been issued, any changes to the specic
products or systems named in the application will need
to be approved by the building consent authority.
4.2 GENERAL COMPLIANCE ISSUES
Simply stating that a project complies with the
Building Code is not sucient. You need to show
how the project complies. For example, or a simple
residential building the perormance requirements
o Clauses B1 and B2 can be achieved by
demonstrating compliance with NZS 3604 Timber
Framed Buildings and NZS 3602 Timber and
Wood Based Products or Use in Building, which are
reerenced in B1/AS1 and B2/AS1 o the B1 and B2
Compliance Documents respectively.
Where a part o the design does not comply with
the chosen Acceptable Solution, you will need
to demonstrate how that particular element or
part element complies with the Building Code.
Where a product is not needed to achieve compliance
with the Building Code, you may describe it generically.
Manuacturers should, as a matter o good practice,
ensure the data sheets they provide to designers,
speciers and builders are clearly dated and include only
relevant technical data on the selected material or product.
Be mindul that some materials and products contain
mixed technical and marketing data. (Reer to AS/NZS
1388 Guidelines or Technical Inormation or Building
and Construction Products.)
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E X A M P
L E O N L Y
5.0 Design summary check sheet
DESIGN SUMMARY CHECK SHEET
Note: Select your proposed means o compliance against each o the relevant Building Code clauses by ticking the relevant box or boxes,
or by speciying another means o compliance under ‘Other’.
Then provide details o the specic means o compliance by listing the products, systems and/or the methods used in the plans and
specications to conrm compliance.
Reer to the introductory notes or advice on the issues needing to be addressed under each Building Code clause.
Project description: (Example: Two-storey, timber-ramed building. Timber-trussed roo, timber-ramed rst foor, concrete slab on grade.)
Project inormation: Owner’s or agent’s name:
Contact details:
Designer’s name(s ):
Contact details:
Site address:
Deposited plan:
Lot number:
Site data: Soil type (NZS 3604, clause 3.2) (Example: good ground)
Exposure/corrosion zone (NZ S 3604, gures 4 .1, 4.2) (Example: Zone 3)
Wind zone (NZS 3604, tables 5.1, 5.2) (Example: R1/Urban/Sheltered/Low)
Earthquake zone (NZS 3604, gure 5.4) (Example: Zone C)
When completing the building consent application orm (Form 2 ) you must show how the building design proposes to meet the requirements o each relevant clause
o the Building Code. The table below shows some o the more common methods used to establish compliance with the Building Code.
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DESIGN SUMMARY CHECK SHEET (CONTINUED)
Building data: Building category (NZS 3604, table 1.1) (Example: IV/ Domestic)
Floor live loads(NZS 3604, table 1.2) (Example: Generally 1.5 kPa, Balconies and decks 2.0 kPa)
Overall height of building (NZS 3604) (Example: 8 metres)
BUILDING CODE CLAUSE:
Indicate which o the ollowing clauses are
involved in the work.
COMPLIANCE USING:
AS or VM, or Standards, or identiy the other
documents used to establish compliance
COMPLIANCE USING:
Identiy i using:
• product certication (Codemark)
• specic design• producer statement (chartered proessional
engineer or other engineer)
• licensed trade (electrical/g astting)
• other (speciy)
SPECIFIC MEANS OF COMPLIANCE:
Provide details o products and systems
and/or the methods used in the plans and
specications to conrm compliance with
the nominated approach.
B Structure B1/AS1B1/VM1B1/AS2B1/AS3NZS 3603NZS 3604
NZS 3622NZS 4203NZS 4229NZS 4251
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P L E O N
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DESIGN SUMMARY CHECK SHEET (CONTINUED)
BUILDING CODE CLAUSE: COMPLIANCE USING: COMPLIANCE USING: SPECIFIC MEANS OF COMPLIANCE:
B2 Durability B2/AS1NZS 3101NZS 3602NZS 3604 NZS 4251
C Outbreak o Fire C/AS1
C2 Means o Escape
C3 Spread o Fire
C4 Structural Stability During Fire
D Access Routes D1/VM1D1/AS1NZS 4121
E Surace Water E1/AS1
NZS 4452AS/NZS 3500.3E1/VM1
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DESIGN SUMMARY CHECK SHEET (CONTINUED)
BUILDING CODE CLAUSE: COMPLIANCE USING: COMPLIANCE USING: SPECIFIC MEANS OF COMPLIANCE:
E2 External Moisture E2/VM1E2/AS1
Risk matrix
E3 Internal Moisture E3/AS1
F Hazardous Agents on Site
F2 Hazardous Building Materials F2/AS1NZS 4223
F4 Saety rom Falling F4/AS1Fencing of Swimming Pools Act 1987
G Personal Hygiene G1/AS1
G2 Laundering G2/AS1
G3 Food preparation and Preention
o ContaminationG3/AS1
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P L E O N
L Y
DESIGN SUMMARY CHECK SHEET (CONTINUED)
BUILDING CODE CLAUSE: COMPLIANCE USING: COMPLIANCE USING: SPECIFIC MEANS OF COMPLIANCE:
G4 ventilation G4/AS1NZS 4303AS 1668.2
G5 Interior Enironment G5/AS1
G7 Natural Light G7/AS1
G8 Artifcial Light G8/VM1G8/AS1NZS 6703
G9 Electricity G9/AS1
Registered electrician (energy work certicate supplied on completion)
G0 Piped Serices G10/AS1
NZS 5261G10/VM1
Registered gastter
G Gas as an Energy Source G11/AS1NZS 5261
Registered gastter (energy work certicate supplied on completion)
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DESIGN SUMMARY CHECK SHEET (CONTINUED)
BUILDING CODE CLAUSE: COMPLIANCE USING: COMPLIANCE USING: SPECIFIC MEANS OF COMPLIANCE:
G2 Water Supplies G12/AS1AS/NZS 3500.5
Engineer Registered plumber
G3 Foul Water G13/AS1AS/NZS 3500.5
Engineer Registered plumber Registered drainlayer
H Energy Efciency H1/AS1NZS 4218ALF design manual
Engineer
List proposed owner inspections
(identiy the aspects o work proposed
to be inspected by the designer and/
or engineer).
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6.0 Drawings
This section includes examples o the ollowing types o construction
drawings.
6. SITE PLAN
6.2 FOUNDATION PLAN
6.3 FLOOR PLAN
6.4 EXTERIOR ELEvATIONS
6.5 SECTIONS
6.6 CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
The descriptions are not exhaustive but are typical o what is
required in the drawings. Some o the inormation recommended
in the ollowing drawings is not related to the Building Code but
will help the territorial authority to determine whether the work
breaches or needs approval under other legislation, such as bylaws
or the Resource Management Act. Additional inormation o this
type is shown in text boxes.
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6.1 Site plan
The purpose o a site plan is to show the dimensions
and orm o the site, the proposed building work,
and where on the site the building will be located.
You should also include any known inormation
on existing and proposed services.
Drainage inormation in a diagrammatic orm could
be included on the site plan. This should show
both existing and new stormwater, sewer and relie
drainage pipework and ttings. You should also
detail how you propose that these services will
connect with the network utility operators’ systems,or can discharge into an approved on-site drainage
system (soakage and/or treatment).
Additional inormation
Show distances rom building work to boundaries,
and include a north point.
It’s helpul to include the site’s legal description,
building area (in square metres) and site area.
When preparing the plan, check with the building consent
authority and network utility operators or inormation on
the location o existing services both to and across the site.
Include a site datum. This may be a manhole cover
or similar on the site or in the street. The builder may
need to establish and maintain a new site datum.
Including calculations or site coverage on the site plan
will help the territorial authority determine compliance
with district plan requirements.
Note 1 Drawings may be combined.
Note 2 Requirements may dier where the building project is an alteration or addition to an existing building.
Note 3 For rural and/or larger sites a 1:500 (or 1:1000) location plan may be needed to conrm the site location.
Note 4 A scale o 1:500 or 1:100 may be adequate in some cases.
DRAWING TYPE
(Note )
RECOMMENDED
SCALE
MINIMUM RECOMMENDED DETAIL
(Note 2)
Site plan (Note 3) 1:200 (Note 4) • Legal description, legal boundaries and any easements.
• North point.
• Building location, including dimensions in metres
to boundaries, and boundary re ratings.
• Spot levels or contours and site datum.
• Location o existing and new services
(water, power, gas, stormwater, oul water).
• Proposed /actual driveway, site nishes (hard and sot)
with levels and alls.
• Excavation details (cut and ll) and retaining walls.
• Existing buildings and site eatures.
• Identiy natural hazards (where known).• Identiy vehicle crossing(s ).
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CLIENT
CONTRACTOR
DRAWING No. REVISION
CONSULTANTS
DRAWN
CHECKED
SCALE
JOB No.
DATE
STATUS
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02 February 06
A01
PROPOSED NEW DWELLING
SITE PLAN
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Construct sumpType 1 as E1/ASsump surfacefinished level 10150
Area to be sealedrefer to floorplan
finished seal levelat perimeter 10200
Note: Excavate locally around theperimeter of the house to225mm below finished slab level
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Note: existing ground levels shown thus1:100
1 0 . 7 4 8
Timber retaining wall125x125 posts H4 treated and200x50 retaining wall H4 treatedPost hole to be at depth equal toheight of retainng wall.
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SIte Area 506m2Ground floor Area 135.5m2Accessory Building Area 52m2Area Ground Floor 187.5m2Area First Floor 100m2Total Area of Building 287.50m2
Site Coverage 26.8%
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6.2 Foundation plan
The purpose o the oundation plan is to show the
building consent authority and the practitioner or
constructor what type(s) o oundation you propose,
and to detail their individual dimensions.
Additional inormation
The plan should include the nished foor height(s)
in relation to the site datum. Where the property is located
in a food zone, conrm the relationship between the site
datum and the minimum occupied foor level set by the
territorial authority in the district plan.
Where oundations are designed by a registered engineer,supporting inormation should be provided, including
calculations, design assumptions (eg, soil bearing) and
possibly a producer statement or design. You should
identiy details o inspections and tests to be carried out
by the design engineer on the building consent application
under the heading ‘Proposed owner inspections’.
Note 1 Drawings may be combined.
Note 2 Requirements may dier where the building project is an alteration or addition to an existing building.
Note 3 A scale o 1:50 may be needed where oundations are relatively complex.
Note 4 Provided it is clear as to what is required, it may not be necessary to show each and every foor joist.
DRAWING TYPE
(Note )
RECOMMENDED
SCALE
RECOMMENDED DETAIL
(Note 2)
Foundation plan 1:100 (Note 3) • Concrete slab dimensions and thickenings (where applicable).
• Foundation walls.
• Pile layout with dimensions, pile type bearer sizes
(including or decks and pergolas).
• Subfoor bracing layout.
• Subfoor ventilation (or show on elevations).
• Floor raming layout (optional) (Note 4).
• Specic design oundations.
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T I T I T I T I Y I T .
PROPOSED NEW DWELLING123 ABC STREET
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Framing protected from the weather, above groundwith the possibility of exposure to moisture.
Skillion roof above10º framing with lined soffitsExterior walls protected from the weatherWall framingSubfloor framing except piles
Framing exposed to intermittent moisture, aboveground but protected from the weather by anapprovedpaint system or cladding.
Wall and floor framing to at risk wet areasRoof framing below 10ºExterior painted posts and beamsEnclosed lintels and posts supporting enclosedbalconies.
Enclosed balcony ply and joists.Balustrade framingCavity battens
Framing exposed to the weather above ground with arisk of trapped water.
External rafters and beams.Timber slatted decking joists and bearersFence pailings and rails not in contact with ground
BASEMENT
Framing protected from the weather and aboveground (not sub-floor framing)
Roof and ceiling framingRoof trusses / purlinsLow risk interior wall framingIntermediate interior floor framing
SCHEDULE OF TIMBERTREATMENT
Joists to cantilever
100x50 H3.2Deck Joists @450crs
Timber 125x125H5 Piles @1300crs
GARAGE
Timber in contact with the ground
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Prestressed rib floor over garage refer to Engineersdrawings for details of ribs concrete slab andreinforcing.
100 concrete floor slab reinforced with HRC 665 meshon polythene dpcon sand blinding on hardfillto Garage floor and basement.
100x75 bearer secured to blockwall with galv bracket
100 concrete floor slab reinforced with HRC 665 meshon polythene dpcon sand blinding on hardfill.
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6.3 Floor plan
The purpose o the foor plan(s) is to provide
details o room types and sizes, the layout and
location o the internal elements, and the location
o all xtures and ttings.
Additional inormation
Show and describe the bracing elements and lintels
on the foor plan. Where foor plans are complex,
use a separate key plan containing just the critical
structural inormation, such as bracing elements and
lintels, to avoid cluttering the foor plans.
Provide reerence numbers or all windows and doorsshown on the plans that may be scheduled elsewhere
on the drawing set, or in the specication.
Separate electrical plans, detailing electrical xtures and
ttings, are sometimes justied. Show any installations
related to the building consent, such as smoke alarms
and ventilation ans.
Where the building work is an addition or alteration to an
existing building, the foor plan should clearly distinguish
between the proposed new and the existing building work.
Note 1 Drawings may be combined.
Note 2 Requirements may dier where the building project is an alteration or addition to an existing building.
Note 3 A scale o 1:100 may be adequate or a simple project. A separate plan must be provided or each level o the building.
Where the lower foor is timber ramed, a oundation plan will be neede d to clariy the oundation layout (see s ection 6.2 o this guide).
DRAWING TYPE
(Note )
RECOMMENDED
SCALE
RECOMMENDED DETAIL
(Note 2)
Floor plan(s) 1:50 (Note 3) • Floor levels relative to the site datum.
• Overall dimensions o walls and other structural elements.
• Internal dimensions o rooms.
• Bracing layout or reerence to a schedule elsewhere.
• Lintel sizes or reerence to a schedule elsewhere.
• Window and door locations and plan dimensions.
• Special wall constructions (sound, re, moisture control).
• Room layouts and location o all internal xtures and ttings.
• Staircase layouts.
• Plumbing diagram and location o plumbing xtures.
• Cross-section reerences, space numbers,
door/window numbers.• Reerences to detailed drawings.
• Outline o roo or pergola overhangs.
• Electrical ttings needed or compliance.
• Concrete slab reinorcing details and construction joints
(i not shown on the oundation plan).
• Openings or services.
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6.4 Exterior elevations
The purpose o exterior elevations is to showthe overall shape, orm and size o the proposed
building. In addition, it needs to show the location,
orm and nish o exterior elements, including
wall claddings, roo claddings, window and door
locations, and the location o specic elements,
such as decks, stairs, downpipes and vents,
and wall and roo openings.
Additional inormation
Include ground lines (existing and nished) and heightso building elements relative to the site datum.
Extending ground lines through to adjacent boundaries,
showing maximum height to boundary angles
(sunlight access planes), will help the territorial authority
conrm compliance with planning requirements.
Note 1 Drawings may be combined.
Note 2 Requirements may dier where the building project is an alteration or addition to an existing building.
Note 3 Increase to 1:50 minimum scale where exterior openings are not scheduled elsewhere.
Note 4 Reer to the Department o Building and Housing guide External moisture – A guide to usi ng the risk matrix .
DRAWING TYPE
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Elevations 1:100 (Note 3) • A ll exterior elevations o the building.
• Relative levels, overall height o dwelling.
• Windows, doors and other openings, indicating size and
opening type and direction.
• Cladding types.
• Roong types, roo shapes and overhangs.
• Exterior decks, stairs and balustrades.
• Skylights, chimneys and other openings through walls and roo.
• Gutter, downpipe and vent locations.
• Location o construction joints in claddings.
• Reerences to detailed drawings.
• Reerence to risk matrix (Note 4).
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6.5 Sections
The purpose o sections is to show all vertical andhorizontal building elements and the relationship o
the ground, foors, ceilings and roos to each other,
and to detail structural raming and other
construction elements.
Additional inormation
Sections and details can be combined on the same
drawing, i appropriate. This can oten improve clarity or
those using the drawings, especially i details are shown
in their relative position to an accompanying cross-section.
You can use sections to more accurately locate details.
When o a suitable scale, sections can be used to detail
elements such as staircases, decks and balustrades.
Note 1 Drawings may be combined.
Note 2 Requirements may dier where the building project is an alteration or addition to an existing building.
Note 3 The number o cross-sections provided must be adequate to show all vertical relationships.
Location o cross-sections should be shown on foor plans.
Note 4 A scale o 1:20 may be used in some cases.
Note 5 Timber grades may be identied on the drawings or in the specication.
DRAWING TYPE
(Note )
RECOMMENDED
SCALE
RECOMMENDED DETAIL
(Note 2)
Cross-sections (Note 3 ) 1:50 ( Note 4) • Ground levels and levels relative to site datum.
• Wall heights.
• Window and door height dimensions.
• Framing sizes and treatments (or in the specication) (Note 5).
• Construction details (eg, wall and foor linings).
• Roo and ceiling pitches.
• Floor slopes.
• Location o details.
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6.6 Construction details
The purpose o construction details is to ullydescribe junctions and interaces between and
within all major building elements. You need
to provide details or all relevant Building Code
clauses, including structural and weatherproong
design, and all necessary inormation about the
construction needed.
Additional inormation
You can combine sections and details on the same
drawing. This can improve clarity, especially i details
are shown in their relative position to an accompanying
cross-section.
A range o scales rom 1:10 to 1:2 may be justied,
depending on the complexity o the material relationships
within the element being described. The detail needs
to identiy critical dimensions.
It’s sensible to group the details o common materials
on the same drawing, such as all exterior window
and door details.
Note 1 Drawings may be combined.
Note 2 Requirements may dier where the building project is an alteration or addition to an existing building.
Note 3 Larger or smaller scales may be justied in some cases, depending on circumstances, to show sucient detail.
DRAWING TYPE
(Note )
RECOMMENDED
SCALE
RECOMMENDED DETAIL
(Note 2)
Details 1:5 (Note 3) The extent and number o details will vary signicantly
depending on the size and complexity o the building design.
However, the ollowing might constitute minimum requirements.
• Structural elements, junctions and xings.
• Penetrations through exterior walls and roos.
• Window and door head/sill/jamb.
• Cladding junctions (horizontal and vertical).
• Expansion and movement joints.
• Wall/roo junctions.
• Bottom plate/clad ding overhang.
• Sot and parapet details.
• Retaining wall details.• Tanking and damp-proong, cross-sections and details.
• Deck or pergola connections to main structure.
• Stairs showing rise/going /pitch /handrails.
• Deck balustrades and handrails, layouts and xings.
• Fire separation junction and penetration details.
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6.7 Additional drawings
It may not always be possible to adequately describeor show clearly the ull level o detail required on the
drawings discussed in sections 6.1 to 6.6 o this
guide. You may need to provide additional drawings,
such as the ollowing.
LOCATION PLAN
A location plan is a high-level ‘bird’s eye view’
o the area surrounding the proposed construction
work. It shows the location o the proposed
work in relation to adjoining streets or proper ties.
These plans are particularly useul in rural or remote
locations, or multi-unit residential complexes.
FLOOR FRAMING PLAN
This is required when foor joists do not ollow
a regular pattern, or specic structural requirements
need to be shown. It can include:
• foor beam and joist layouts and sizes, including
blocking, trimmer joists and boundary joists• drawings o specialty engineered timber and
timber/steel products (where these are detailed,
calculations and data sheets should be included
in the consent documentation).
ROOF/CEILING FRAMING PLAN
This is needed where a range o roo and ceiling
orms are involved or complex junctions occur.
It can include:
• a plan layout o all roo and ceiling raming
members and seating o trusses and beams
• drawings o timber trusses, and proprietary
timber and timber/steel (where these are
detailed, calculations and data sheets should
be included in the consent documentation).
ROOF PLAN
This is needed or complex roo orms, or where
a number o dierent roong types are used.
It can include:
• details o roo alls (direction and slope)
• location and size o all rainwater heads, scuppers,
internal gutters, spouting and downpipes
(including calculations).
ELEvATIONS OF EXT ERIOR OPENINGS
These are needed when window and door
elevations are not clearly shown on the wall
elevations. It can include:
• 1:50 elevations o each exterior window anddoor element layout
• details o glazing types and window opening
types, or reerence to the specication.
PROTECTION OF ADJOINING PROPERTIES
The building consent authority may require
inormation on how adjoining properties will be
protected rom the work being undertaken on site
(or example, surace water control, temporary
retaining wall, site hoarding or encing).
DETAILS OF SPECIALIST INSTALLATIONS
When these are needed, they can include:
• details o proprietary installations, such as
suspended concrete foors, precast concrete
panels, timber trusses, engineered timber
products and steel bracing rames
• drainage and plumbing schematics or buildings
that are more than one storey or where plumbingdesigns are complicated.
WET AREA DETAILS
These are needed to detail wall and foor nishes in
wet areas, such as kitchens, bathrooms or laundries.
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7.0 Related issues
When applying to amend a building consent,
the application should include details o what was
originally approved and how it will be changed.
It must also demonstrate that the new proposal
complies with the Building Code and will not
aect other works’ compliance with the Code.
All variations to a building project that relate
to the Building Code must be notied to the
building consent authority, so it can approve and
record them. The nature o the change will infuence
the process that needs to be ollowed to have
the variation approved and recorded. Applications
or amendments should be made and approved
beore the change takes place.
I changes are unrecorded or not approved
by the building consent authority, the building
consent authority may issue a notice to x or
the variation and may also reuse to issue the
code compliance certicate.
Where building work includes constructing
a swimming pool (as dened by the Fencing
o Swimming Pools Act 1987), the pool must
be enced to comply with the requirements
o Clause F4 Saety rom Falling o the Building
Code. Fencing and pool construction details
establishing compliance will need to be included
with the consent documentation.
7. SOLID -FUEL HEATERS
Where solid-uel heaters are proposed as part
o the building work, the plans and specications
need to identiy the:
• appliance by brand and model
• proposed location o the appliance
• fue type
• location, fashing and installation details
• height o the top o the fue relative to ridge
lines and windows.
The joint Australian and New Zealand Standard
AS/NZS 2918: 2001 Domestic Solid Fuel Burning
Appliances – Installation is cited in C/AS1 as
an Acceptable Solution or installing domestic
solid-uel-burning appliances.
Any new pool, as dened in the Fencing o
Swimming Pools Act 1987, must comply with that Act.
Where a property already has a pool, it also must be
enced to comply with the Act. The Act also applies
to spa pools (including those with lockable lids).
The Resource Management Act 1991 sets out
requirements or replace emissions. Inormation on
appliances that have been tested to meet emission
requirements is available on www.me.govt.nz/laws/
standards/woodburners
7.2 THE FENCING OF SWIMMING POOLSACT 987
7.3 vARIATIONS AND AMENDMENTS
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7.4 MANUFACTU RERS’ DATA(AND BRANDED vERSUS
GENERIC SPECIFYING)
Much o the inormation provided by product
manuacturers is o a general or marketing nature.
You should provide only relevant technical literature
that is sucient to show compliance with the
Building Code. Providing the entire technical
manual is unnecessary and inappropriate.
The building consent authority may request that
you provide specic technical data rom the product
manuacturer, accompanied by an independent
appraisal or verication that the product will meet
Building Code requirements. You should attach
this to the other documents submitted or building
consent approval.
7.5 FACTORY-MANUFACTUREDBUILDING ELEMENTS (ROOF
TRUSSES AND FLOORING SYSTEMS)
Beore the Building Act 2004, building consent
authorities were oten prepared to issue a building
consent based on outline inormation or proposed
actory-manuactured building elements, or example
roo trusses and fooring systems. Sometimes this
inormation would be supplemented with more
detailed inormation, ater abrication and beore
erection on site.
The Building Act 2004 has placed more emphasis
on the complete ‘or construction’ documentation
being supplied with an application or building
consent.
In many cases, designs or actory-manuactured
building elements were only supplied to the builder
when the goods were delivered. This is no longer
considered acceptable practice.
Building consent application
Beore lodging a building consent application,
you should obtain a buildable design rom
a abricator. This design needs to be attached
to the building consent application and submitted
to the building consent authority or approval.
Buildable designs show:
• proposed building elements
• proposed layout
• site-specic conditions (or example,wind zone, roo type, cladding type)
• where load-bearing walls and oundation
thickenings are required
• spans
• any specic lintel/beam requirements
• the timber grade.
Buildable designs are based on industry-accepted
computer design programs, which in turn are based
on relevant standards. The inormation should also
include the details o the abricator and the design
program and version used.
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Construction
During the work phase, the abricator is likely to
visit the site to check all relevant measurements in
order to manuacture the trusses or fooring system.
The manuacturer will produce ‘shop drawings’,
which are highly detailed drawings or the
person who makes the trusses or fooring system.
They will also produce a series o on-site
instructions, and a layout plan or the person
who erects the building elements.
Once the installation has been completed,
the as-built inormation should be supplied to the
builder, designer and homeowner, and the building
consent authority or its records. The building
consent authority may place a note to this eect
on the building consent approval.
7.6 SERvICES PLANS
The Building Code requires that sanitary xtures
and sanitary appliances are provided with a sae and
adequate water supply, and an adequate plumbing
and drainage system.
At the time o the building consent application,
the building consent authority will require certain
inormation on the water supply system and the
oul water and surace water (stormwater) disposal
systems. It will also require documented assurance
that an adequate water supply is available and that
there are adequate means o disposal o both
oul water and stormwater. These can be either
by connections to a local council or network utility
operator’s system or, where these are not available,
within the building site.
On-site disposal systems may require additional approvals
under the Resource Management Act 1991.
Precisely how a water supply, or a waste oroul water disposal system, is to be laid out may not
be apparent when you apply or a building consent.
However, you should provide the location and
specication o all xtures and ttings, together with
a diagrammatic layout o oul and sur ace water
(stormwater) drainage. Schematic layouts o water
or waste-water pipework are not normally needed,
unless specic inormation is needed to conrm
compliance with the Building Code.
When the project is nished, the building consentauthority will ask you or an as-built drainage plan
or its records.
Where on-site disposal o oul water is proposed,
the means o compliance should be identied in
the design summary under the heading G14.
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7.7 APPRAISALS, TECHNICALSTATEMENTS, CODES OF PRACTICE,
WARRANTIES AND GUARANTEES
A building consent authority may accept numerous
ways o veriying a product, material or system’s
perormance. These include:
• appraisals by specialist organisations
• test reports
• technical statements and opinions
• calculations (supported by producer statements)
by designers and/or manuacturers or installers
• codes o practice rom industry bodies.
The building consent authority may request
copies o warranties and guarantees (under contract,
or oered by product manuacturers) provided by
accredited or licensed installers and manuacturers.
This is in addition to specialist technical publications
and the technical data provided by product
manuacturers.
You and the building consent authority maychoose to rely on some or all o these mechanisms
to support or conrm compliance. However,
the building consent authority shouldn’t insist that
you provide a particular approach to, or a particular
means o veriying, your proposed design.
All such approaches to conrming compliance,
or to supporting an alternative solution proposal,
can be valid.
7.8 CALCULATIONS
When the perormance o a particular building
element needs to be calculated (eg, structural
beams and lintels, insulation or fow rates or
mechanical ventilation systems), these calculations
may need to be included with the documents
required or a building consent.
7.9 SMOKE ALARMS
All residential dwellings now require smoke alarms.The minimum requirement is or a battery-powered
device with a silence and test button. This also
applies to alterations to existing dwellings.
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8.0 Application or project inormation memorandumand/or building consent
When applying or a building consent, you will needto apply or a project inormation memorandum
(PIM) at the same time, i you haven’t already
got one. The building consent authority provides
a orm (Form 2) that you can use or either or
both purposes.
This orm asks or details about the property,
the owners, who is undertaking various parts o the
work and a brie description o the proposed work.
The content and wording o Form 2 has been
prescribed in regulations. Building consent
authorities reproduce the orm and can add
additional requirements, as long as the orm has
the same eect and is not misleading. You must
ll out the application orm in ull and ensure
it is actually correct.
You can nd much o the property inormation
rom a rates demand, lease agreement, copy o
the certicate o title, or rom local council archive
records. I you seek inormation rom local council
records, separately or as part o an applicationor a PIM, charges may apply.
The description o the work proposed should beclear and precise. For example:
• ‘Addition o lounge, kitchen alterations and
new conservatory’ rather than ‘Additions and
alterations’.
• ‘New 100 m2 dwelling with two-car garaging,
associated earthworks and retaining walls’
rather than ‘New dwelling’.
Licensed building practitioners
From November 2009 it will be necessary to provide
certication rom the Design Lead licensed building
practitioner and to identiy the Site Lead licensed
building practitioner. From November 2011, it will also be
necessary to identiy the licensed building practitioners
that will certiy structure and envelope construction work.
Where the construction licensed building practitioners are
not known at the time o application, the building consent
authority will need to be inormed beore the work starts.
The Department will provide urther guidance material
on the licensed building practitioner regime.
Form 2 requires you to write a description o howyour project will comply with the Building Code.
You need only to provide a brie description.
Cable cars
Form 2 calls or inormation on ‘compliance schedules’
or buildings. This requirement does not relate to a stand-
alone residential dwelling, unless the dwelling has a cable
car attached to it or servicing it. From 2008, all buildings
with cable cars will need a compliance schedule.
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9.0 Building inspection requirements
The building consent authority will need toundertake inspections while the building is being
built. Building consent authorities decide what
inspections they need to carry out based on their
evaluation o the plans, specications and other
inormation, including any proposed owner
inspections (or example, by an engineer).
These are the more common inspections
undertaken by a building consent authority.
• Pre-pour (beore concrete is poured, or example,
or piles, ootings, slabs, in situ walls or
blockwork inll)
• Tanking/waterproong (beore back-lling
retaining walls, covering membranes on decks
or laying tiles in wet areas such as showers)
• Pre-clad (beore wrapping the building in building
paper or building wrap and installing the cladding)
• Post-clad (beore applying coatings to bre
cement or polystyrene systems possibly
including inspections during the plastering)
• On completion o the cladding systems• Hal-high brick (where veneer is used)
• Pre-line (with insulation installed but beoreinstalling internal linings. This inspection may
include checking the plumbing installation
under pressure test. Where a domestic sprinkler
system has been installed in your dwelling a fow
test should be undertaken beore tting linings.)
• Post-line (checking bracing element xings
beore plastering and decorating)
• Drainage (beore lling in trenches and covering
the in-ground pipework. Pipework should be
under test or this inspection; drainage testing
can include smoke, air or water testing.)
• Final inspection or plumbing, building and
drainage work (once the work described in the
building consent is completed)
This list is not exhaustive. Dierent building consent
authorities have dierent inspection requirements,
depending on the size and complexity o each project.
You will nd it useul to have an understanding
o what inspections are needed and when they
are needed. Missed inspections may preventa building consent authority rom being able to
establish ull compliance with the building consent,
thereore preventing them rom issuing the code
compliance certicate.
It is not the role o the building consent authorityto control the quality o the building work beyond
ensuring it complies with the Building Code,
or to act as a clerk o works (site supervisor or
oreman) on the project.
When booking an inspection, give the building
consent authority as much notice as possible.
Provide inormation about the type o inspection
required, a contact name and phone number,
building consent number, and a clear address.
I the property is isolated or hard to nd,give adequate directions.
When on site, a building inspector will need copies
o the approved building consent documentation
and other approvals. Ensure the site is clean,
tidy and sae, and that a person with adequate
knowledge o the project is on site to answer
any questions.
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10.0 Project planning
0. RESOURCE MANAGEMENTAND OTHER NON-BUILDING ACT
REQUIREMENTS
It is possible to obtain a building consent where the
work complies with the Building Code, but does
not comply with other legal requirements such
as a district plan or the Resource Management Act
1991. The work may not be able to proceed i there
is non-compliance and a resource consent can’t
be or hasn’t been obtained.
The Building Act also provides or the building
consent authority to withhold the code compliance
certicate i you haven’t paid development
contributions.
During the planning and design phase o the project,
you should contact your territorial authority and
discuss any relevant rules and resource consent
or other requirements. Pay particular attention
to site coverage, building height, and other bulk
and location requirements. It may be possible
to alter the design to ensure it complies with theResource Management Act 1991. The earlier you
are aware o this the better. Other matters you
can discuss with the territorial authority include
approvals or connections to local council services
(stormwater, sewer).
You need to give special consideration to therequirements o other acts when building:
• on steep slopes
• on waterront or riverside locations
• close to adjoining properties
• close to the ront boundary with the street
• over territorial authority services or network
utility operators’ systems
• under overhead transmission lines
• close to airports or ports
• driveways close to street corners• driveways o busy main roads
• where no drive-on access is available
• on sites requiring trees to be cleared
• in heritage or character precincts
• in or on land that may be contaminated
• in or on land subject to a natural hazard
(you should identiy these on the site or
location plan i you know about them beore
applying or your building consent).
You may nd it useul to apply or a projectinormation memorandum (PIM) beore developing
ull detailed drawings. The PIM gives early notice
o special requirements, including any development
contributions you need to pay.
The PIM can provide other useul inormation thatwill help you comply with the Building Code.
The project manager or designer engaged to
manage the project may handle these non-
Building-Act-related matters or you.
0.2 PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS’
INFORMATION
Inormation provided by manuacturers, their agents
or importers is o ten intended or marketing
purposes. Such inormation may not be sucient
to satisy the building consent authority that the
product would meet specic requirements o the
Building Code.
Product manuacturers
Further guidance or product manuacturers on
the recommended orm and content o inormation
on branded products is set out in AS/NZS 1388
Guidelines or Technical Inormation or Building
and Construction Products.
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42 GUIDE TO APPLYING FOR A BUILDING CONSENT
0.3 ROOF TRUSS DESIGN
When seeking a buildable roo truss design rom
a abricator, the designer should provide the ollowing
inormation so the detailer can understand what the
roo will look like and how it will be supported.
• Dimensioned drawings showing elevations,
foor plans, cross-sections and oundation plans
• Details o barge, ascia and sot construction
• Ceiling orm and construction (or example,
plasterboard on timber battens)
• Wind zone, corrosion zone, earthquake zone
and snow loads (where applicable)
• Any additional loads that may be imposed on
the roo structure (in other words, ventilation
systems, solar water heaters, storage in the
roo space, large light ttings, or liting cradles
or people with disabilities)
• Proposed connectors rom trusses to the
raming top plate
• Any point loads
• Relevant inormation rom the specicationon the type o roo cladding (or example,
pressed steel tiles are light and clay tiles
are heavy) and its support (or example,
purlins or sarking)
• Roo pitch
A truss detailer consulted early in the designprocess can provide an easily built design.
They may also provide suggestions that would
ensure a simpler and cheaper roo, and clariy any
downstream eects on walls and oundations.
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GUIDE TO APPLYING FOR A BUILDING CONSENT 43
BUILDING ACT 2004
The Building Act 2004 is the Act o Parliament
that governs building work in New Zealand.
BUILDING CONSENT
Building consents give approval to undertake
building work. When a building consent is issued,
the work must be undertaken in accordance with
that consent.
BUILDING CONSENT AUTHORITY
The Building Act 2004 introduced a new entity to
undertake building consent and inspection unctions
called a building consent authority. It can be either
part o a territorial authority (local council) or regional
authority, or be a private company. All building
consent authorities will need to be registered and
accredited to perorm building control unctions.
In addition, they will be subject to regular external
independent accreditation audits to help ensurethey can adequately undertake their building control
unctions to certain standards.
For more inormation see the Depar tment o
Building and Housing’s website (www.dbh.govt.nz).
11.0 Glossary o terms
DEvELOPMENT CONTRIBUTION FEE
Territorial authorities can charge a development
contribution ee to those applying or a building
consent. These ees help the territorial authority
develop the inrastructure to support new
developments in the area.
LICENSED BUILDING PRACTITIONER
From 30 November 2007, licence classes will
be introduced or people working in certain areas
o design and building work. To get a licence,
people will have to show that they meet the national
standard or the licence class they apply or.
People can apply to become licensed and have their
name listed on a public register. Members o the
public can view this register and use it to choose
competent building and design practitioners who
have demonstrated they meet the national
standards.
From 30 November 2009 onwards, certain typeso work will need to be undertaken or supervised
by licensed building practitioners.
NEW ZEALAND BUILDING CODE
The New Zealand Building Code contains 35
technical clauses and sets minimum perormance
standards that buildings must comply with.
The Building Code Compliance Documents can be
downloaded rom the Department o Building and
Housing’s website (www.dbh.govt.nz).
NEW ZEALAND STANDARDS
Standards New Zealand provides a variety
o Standards or the building industry, covering
issues such as construction, testing, advice and
manuacturing. These can be obtained rom
Standards New Zealand (www.standards.co.nz).
NOTICE TO FIX
This is a legal notice issued by a building consent
authority when it has identied breaches o the
Building Act, such as carrying out building work
not in accordance with a building consent.Failing to comply with a notice to x is an oence
under the Building Act, and can incur an initial ne
up to $200,000, plus $20,000 or every day or
part day during which the oence continues.
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PLANS AND DRAWINGS
The Standard NZMP 4212: 1998 Glossary
o Building Terms, published by Standards
New Zealand, denes a ‘plan’ as:
The top view or horizontal section o
an object as projected in orthographic
projection. Anything drawn or represented
on a horizontal plane, as a map or
as the horizontal section o a building.
NZMP separately denes a ‘drawing’ as:
(1) (Working) Drawings to scale or
dimensioned or the purpose o guiding
and controlling the making o parts
o the work as distinct rom a pictorial
presentation showing only the general
orm o the work.
(2) (Detail) A large scale drawing to give
inormation which cannot be shown on
small scale drawings or adequately
described in the specication.
PROJECT INFORMATION MEMORANDUM(PIM)
A project inormation memorandum is issued
by a territorial authority. It details any inormation
the territorial authority has that may aect your
proposed project, so it’s a useul document
to get beore completing design work.
TERRITORIAL AUTHORITY
Territorial authorities are commonly known as
local councils. They undertake the building control
unctions required by the Building Act 2004.
WEBSITES THAT PROvIDE FURTHERINFORMATION
www.dbh.govt.nz
www.consumerbuild.org.nz
TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT
OF BUILDING AND HOUSING
Freephone: 0800 242 243
Website: www.dbh.govt.nz
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Published in January 2007 by
Department o Building and Housing
PO Box 10-729
Wellington, New Zealand
This document is also available
on the Department’s website:
www.dbh.govt.nz
ISBN: 0-478-29750-5 (book)
ISBN: 0-478-29751-3 (website)
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