Great video, do you have any comparison with your experience in your home country or other countries you have designed in? I find its a similar story across the board with engineering permissions as well, stupid reasons and stupid questions. It can be exhausting
Thanks! I cannot really compare as I never dealt with city council in Iran. I was chatting with a colleague here who used to work in London and he said their city council is even worse. You are probably right there.
A very good assessment of the regulatory process. Hopefully the information can help both City council and homeowners. You should be a consultant to city council's, as you have had an overall start to finish experience and are passionate about everyone along the way. You would be a great asset. And a nice wrap up. P.s. Nice hairstyle change.
Thank you! I am very passionate to help improving the whole system so everybody in the industry and also the homeowners enjoy the process of building instead of finding it frustrating. At the end of the day, we are all working towards creating a better place for living and as well as the end result, the process should be rewarding too. It is nice that you think I would make a good consultant. Who knows, maybe one day? Thanks for the compliment about the hairstyle too 😊
MBIE should be investing in an AI compliance solution for BC applications and Self-certification, a bit of leadership to steer the BCAs and LBPs, not just Fletchers in a better direction..
@@3dmaker223 it does seem to me that MBIE are trying to steer the industry towards insurance certified professionals/operators to get the Territorial Authorities away from the financial burden of failure..
@@NicholasBrightneeko That is right. Actually if the government wants to change rules for residential buildings in relation to building consent and liabilities, that is a perfect idea. As at the moment councils have failed their job big time. But exempting minor dwellings under certain conditions is calling for failure. The rules should be same for all residentials or at least single unit residentials. Exempting some of them is only going to create more chaos.
Our house have Minor Unit at the back of the house and its separate from the Main Dweling we are on Single House zone , are we able to build granny flat on the same peace of land with the new rules comingto an effectfrom next year ??
@@3dmaker223 So granny flat is considered as a minor dweling is that what you are saying ? Even that Granny flat need to be attached/semi attached to the main dweling in my knowledge , granny flat cannot be self contained or physically separated in my knowledge ?
@@Aupm-1 granny flats and minor dwellings are same thing. They must be self contained. In most cases, they cannot be attached to the main dwelling. You are talking about a rumpus room.
I think you have interpreted the numbers submitted inaccurately - there are a lot more builders and homeowners in NZ than Council-workers-involved-in-the-building-industry. In relation to your RFIs, some of those were necessary - although the ones relating to plumbing and water connection should have been identified as not, these questions may have come from other departments within Council - not only the building team, hence the reason for the number of "officers" who reviewed your application.
Thanks for your feedback. You are right about the number of council officers vs people in building industry. I still think the gap is bigger than it should be. As for the questions from council, only 3 out of 18 were necessary. I am sure councils ask necessary questions sometimes, that is why I insist their role should remain. But, they should be competent enough to not take advantage of the RFI system to put the clock on hold- just because they are behind their workload. Some of the documents they were asking for were already in the specifications and drawings. When my reply is please see attached, I just sent them again as I did not want to explain that they have overlooked it. You can see two of the questions (about ceiling diaphragm and risk matrix) were totally wrong and showed that the officer interpreted the building code wrong. I would expect someone whose position is double checking my job, should know better than me. I had to explain to the officers why they were wrong and they acknowledged. As for the number of officers processing the application, I know applications go to different departments. I work with different councils and know how they work. In this case, they should not have sent it to the department related to WW and SW as it clearly says that the cabin is not connected to water. I appreciate you taking your time and having a good look at them. I emphasize again, I strongly believe the council role is important and should remain. I am pointing out why the system is not working as it should be and therefore they create frustration. If they were doing their job better, homeowners and people in building industry would all agree that removing a BC and inspections is not a good idea. As opposed what we are seeing happening at the moment...
I wonder if 'well-off' people who build elaborate stone, glass and steel homes need to jump through so many hoops? This is 3604, the most common standard in use nation-wide; anything outside of that must be hell, no?
Not necessarily a hell. There are heaps of alternative solutions and engineering that are accepted by the councils. They are just more expensive than the common NZS3604, which is not an issue for 'well-off' people. I think having wealthier people who invest their money in creating beautiful buildings is great as the whole area benefit from having nice architectures.
Great video, do you have any comparison with your experience in your home country or other countries you have designed in? I find its a similar story across the board with engineering permissions as well, stupid reasons and stupid questions. It can be exhausting
Thanks! I cannot really compare as I never dealt with city council in Iran. I was chatting with a colleague here who used to work in London and he said their city council is even worse. You are probably right there.
A very good assessment of the regulatory process.
Hopefully the information can help both City council and homeowners.
You should be a consultant to city council's, as you have had an overall start to finish experience and are passionate about everyone along the way.
You would be a great asset.
And a nice wrap up.
P.s. Nice hairstyle change.
Thank you! I am very passionate to help improving the whole system so everybody in the industry and also the homeowners enjoy the process of building instead of finding it frustrating. At the end of the day, we are all working towards creating a better place for living and as well as the end result, the process should be rewarding too. It is nice that you think I would make a good consultant. Who knows, maybe one day? Thanks for the compliment about the hairstyle too 😊
MBIE should be investing in an AI compliance solution for BC applications and Self-certification, a bit of leadership to steer the BCAs and LBPs, not just Fletchers in a better direction..
Now that is great idea and I think soon or late we will see it happening.
@@3dmaker223 it does seem to me that MBIE are trying to steer the industry towards insurance certified professionals/operators to get the Territorial Authorities away from the financial burden of failure..
@@NicholasBrightneeko That is right. Actually if the government wants to change rules for residential buildings in relation to building consent and liabilities, that is a perfect idea. As at the moment councils have failed their job big time. But exempting minor dwellings under certain conditions is calling for failure. The rules should be same for all residentials or at least single unit residentials. Exempting some of them is only going to create more chaos.
Our house have Minor Unit at the back of the house and its separate from the Main Dweling we are on Single House zone , are we able to build granny flat on the same peace of land with the new rules comingto an effectfrom next year ??
Unfortunately. Rule is one minor dwelling per one main dwelling.
@@3dmaker223 So granny flat is considered as a minor dweling is that what you are saying ?
Even that Granny flat need to be attached/semi attached to the main dweling in my knowledge , granny flat cannot be self contained or physically separated in my knowledge ?
@@Aupm-1 granny flats and minor dwellings are same thing. They must be self contained. In most cases, they cannot be attached to the main dwelling. You are talking about a rumpus room.
I think you have interpreted the numbers submitted inaccurately - there are a lot more builders and homeowners in NZ than Council-workers-involved-in-the-building-industry. In relation to your RFIs, some of those were necessary - although the ones relating to plumbing and water connection should have been identified as not, these questions may have come from other departments within Council - not only the building team, hence the reason for the number of "officers" who reviewed your application.
Thanks for your feedback. You are right about the number of council officers vs people in building industry. I still think the gap is bigger than it should be. As for the questions from council, only 3 out of 18 were necessary. I am sure councils ask necessary questions sometimes, that is why I insist their role should remain. But, they should be competent enough to not take advantage of the RFI system to put the clock on hold- just because they are behind their workload. Some of the documents they were asking for were already in the specifications and drawings. When my reply is please see attached, I just sent them again as I did not want to explain that they have overlooked it. You can see two of the questions (about ceiling diaphragm and risk matrix) were totally wrong and showed that the officer interpreted the building code wrong. I would expect someone whose position is double checking my job, should know better than me. I had to explain to the officers why they were wrong and they acknowledged. As for the number of officers processing the application, I know applications go to different departments. I work with different councils and know how they work. In this case, they should not have sent it to the department related to WW and SW as it clearly says that the cabin is not connected to water. I appreciate you taking your time and having a good look at them. I emphasize again, I strongly believe the council role is important and should remain. I am pointing out why the system is not working as it should be and therefore they create frustration. If they were doing their job better, homeowners and people in building industry would all agree that removing a BC and inspections is not a good idea. As opposed what we are seeing happening at the moment...
that push back with processing causes increasing costs.
Totally. And that should not be happening. Building consent and inspections are not about that. Their purpose should be focusing on helping people.
I wonder if 'well-off' people who build elaborate stone, glass and steel homes need to jump through so many hoops? This is 3604, the most common standard in use nation-wide; anything outside of that must be hell, no?
Not necessarily a hell. There are heaps of alternative solutions and engineering that are accepted by the councils. They are just more expensive than the common NZS3604, which is not an issue for 'well-off' people. I think having wealthier people who invest their money in creating beautiful buildings is great as the whole area benefit from having nice architectures.