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NZCB Welcomes Certainty About Timing For Implementation Of New Insulation Standards
Friday, 15 July 2022, 3:10 pm | Certified Builders Association
New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) welcomes the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) decision that most of the changes to energy efficiency ratings (H1) component of the building code, which introduce new standards for insulation, ... More >>
Builders Celebrated Emerging Talent And Discussed Critical Industry Issues
Monday, 14 June 2021, 11:13 am | Certified Builders Association
More than 800 builders and industry stakeholders attended this year’s New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) Annual Conference and Expo in Wellington, which finished on Saturday. New Zealand’s top carpentry apprentice was named at the event, a celebration ... More >>
NZCB Southland Branch Auctions Local Apprentices’ Work To Raise Money For Cancer Society
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 12:41 pm | Certified Builders Association
For a limited time, there is an opportunity to bid for one of the high quality picnic tables built by local apprentices at last month’s Southland regional heat of the New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) Apprentice Challenge Sponsored by ITM, with ... More >>
Cedric Floaumoetui is New Zealand’s top carpentry apprentice
Monday, 17 June 2019, 1:14 pm | Certified Builders Association
Auckland’s, Cedric Floaumoetui, aged 31, has won the coveted title of New Zealand’s top apprentice at the NZ Certified Builders (NZCB) Apprentice Challenge held in association with ITM. He is the first Pasifika winner of this prestigious annual competition. ... More >>
Entries open for NZ Certified Builders Apprentice Challenge
Monday, 11 March 2019, 12:17 pm | Certified Builders Association
NZ Certified Builders (NZCB) calls carpentry apprentices nationwide to enter to compete and demonstrate their skills in the 2019 NZCB Apprentice Challenge, in association with ITM. The competition will be held in 18 regions across the country on Saturday ... More >>
NZ Certified Builders appoints new Board Chair
Friday, 8 June 2018, 1:08 pm | Certified Builders Association
New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB), which this year celebrates its 20th Anniversary as a leading building trade association, announces the appointment of Kevin Sceats as its new Chair, replacing Brent Chatterton who has stepped down after two years ... More >>
Matt Hatchard named New Zealand’s top apprentice
Monday, 28 May 2018, 12:03 pm | Certified Builders Association
Northland’s Matt Hatchard, 36, has claimed the title of the country’s top building apprentice in the New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) Apprentice Challenge, which this year attracted a record number of entries nationwide. Robert Piutau, 33, from ... More >>
Builders mark key milestone and discuss critical issues
Monday, 21 May 2018, 11:29 am | Certified Builders Association
More than 700 builders will come together in Rotorua on 25-26 May to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of NZCB, which was established to raise standards across the building industry, and to canvass key issues at a time when the sector remains under pressure ... More >>
Mandatory building guarantee now providing $2 billion cover
Monday, 21 August 2017, 9:51 am | Certified Builders Association
New Zealand Certified Builders’ mandatory residential guarantee insurance scheme has now reached nearly $2 billion of cover. While building guarantees are not mandatory under the regulatory framework, NZCB introduced its own mandatory building guarantee ... More >>
Chris McLean named New Zealand’s top apprentice
Tuesday, 30 May 2017, 5:28 pm | Certified Builders Association
Fifteen regional apprentices gathered in Auckland for the NZCB Apprentice Challenge Final on Friday 26 May, where Otago’s Chris McLean claimed the top honour. More >>
Auckland to host NZCB Annual Conference
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 4:27 pm | Certified Builders Association
Auckland to host NZCB Annual Conference While there is more building and construction activity than ever before in Auckland and beyond, builders are temporarily unbuckling their tool belts for the NZCB Annual Conference at ANZ Viaduct Events Centre on 26-27 ... More >>
Survey highlights Kiwis’ “she’ll be right” approach
Wednesday, 21 September 2016, 2:05 pm | Certified Builders Association
The results of a survey released today by the New Zealand Certified Builders Association (NZCB) show that New Zealand homeowners are too laid back when it comes to written contracts for building work and assume being licensed means builders have a higher ... More >>
Regional carpentry apprentices compete in the capital
Monday, 30 May 2016, 4:46 pm | Certified Builders Association
Following a series of regional events that involved building children’s playhouses, twelve regional champions gathered in Wellington over 26-28 May for the national final of the Certified Builders Carpentry Apprentice Challenge. More >>
Builders and other tradies converge on the capital
Wednesday, 25 May 2016, 1:50 pm | Certified Builders Association
With building and housing issues high on the public agenda, New Zealand Certified Builders Association (NZCB) is holding its 18th annual conference and expo in Wellington over 26-28 May. More >>
Certified Builders prepares industry ahead of changes
Monday, 4 April 2016, 9:46 am | Certified Builders Association
Certified Builders welcomes the Health and Safety at Work Act which marks the biggest changes to health and safety laws in years. The Act comes into force as the trade association holds its final Toolbox Seminars in a series on health and safety to ... More >>
Concern about industry skill shortages in light of growth
Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 5:14 pm | Certified Builders Association
Certified Builders welcomes the latest National Construction Pipeline report which shows continued growth in demand for building and construction in New Zealand. While this is encouraging for the industry, a broader concern is the shortfall in skilled ... More >>
Membership growth reflects builders’ need for support
Thursday, 15 January 2015, 4:03 pm | Certified Builders Association
Certified Builders experienced a 27 percent increase in new membership growth in the last quarter of 2014 on the last quarter of 2013. While Certified Builders has experienced a steady growth in members since it was founded in 1998, it attributes ... More >>
Raising the roof in Hawke’s Bay
Thursday, 13 November 2014, 3:52 pm | Certified Builders Association
From 14 November members of Certified Builders from the Hawke’s Bay region will take part in a community project over an extended weekend to replace the roof of the Scout Hall at Heretaunga Park, Hastings, which is to become the new home of the ... More >>
Antarctic Apprent-ICE: An opportunity of a lifetime
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 10:51 am | Certified Builders Association
Today the search for a building Apprent-ICE to support New Zealand's southern-most construction project at Scott Base, Antarctica has begun. That means, through a New Zealand-wide search, a leader who is passionate about complex construction and demonstrates ... More >>
Certified Builders welcomes continued growth in new building
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 1:18 pm | Certified Builders Association
Certified Builders welcomes Statistics New Zealand’s release of new building consent numbers as positive for the building industry and the economy, but says the shortage of skilled trades people continues to be an issue in some areas. More >>
