Welcome to the Building Officials Institute of New Zealand

The Institute is a membership based and member focused, not-for-profit charitable organisation, representing Building Control Officials in New Zealand since 1967.

The Institute offers support for its members in the form of member services and benefits, which in turn deliver benefits to the community in the form of safer buildings.

The Institute is committed to ensuring the quality of New Zealand's buildings meet the requirements of the community and their occupiers.

To achieve this objective the Institute has established the Training Academy to deliver training to its building control members and other industry stakeholders such as Licenced Building Practioners.

Poor quality building options are not acceptable and all involved in the building industry need an accute awareness of the Building Code and associated regulations, thereby ensuring the community has overall faith in New Zealands building stock.

• During February/March 2011 the Institute preformed a valuable task in the co-ordination of over 400 Building Officers/Inpsectors into Christchurch immediately after the February 22nd earthquake, at no cost to the community. The majority of these were Institute members.
• The Institute's Charities Commission registration number is CC10119.

Services and Benefits

Branches

The Institute has nine Branches throughout New Zealand in which meetings are held regularly. The meetings are very beneficial, informative and where members can network together.

The nine branches are:

• Northland
• Auckland
• Waikato/Bay of Plenty
• East Coast
• Central
• Wellington
• Nelson/Marlborough
• Canterbury/Westland
• Southern

Notification of Meetings available here

Agendas and Minutes are available on the Institute's Chat Forum

Training Academy

The Training Academy is a subsidiary of the Institute and provides economical, accessible educational opportunities that foster career development and promote job satisfaction.

The Training Academy Offers:While training is the means that the Training Academy seeks to achieve its mission, the overall goal is to improve the competency of building control professionals in New Zealand and the future generations coming into the sector.

• A comprehensive training programme.
• “Money back” guarantee on its training courses.
• Continuing Professional Development programme.
• Leadership Development programme.
• Training and career advice.

Annual Conference & Expo

An annual conference and expo in which building control professionals have an opportunity to develop a better understanding
of the responsibilities and duties imposed on them by Acts and Regulations, ‘hot topics’ facing the building and construction sector
and updates of what’s happening in the sector. It also provides opportunities for Institute members to meet and exchange knowledge
and ideas relevant to the science of building.

The Forum

This facility is a great way to generate discussion on specific topics with others within the building controls sector.

It offers a safe environment for members wishing to ask questions or hold technical discussions about specific topics without the fear
of anyone outside the membership hijacking someone’s opinion. The forums are all moderated to ensure that it continues to be current,
relevant and newsworthy.

Forum topics include: plumbing and drainage, fire precautions, pool compliance, senior building control officers. There is also a dedicated
section for branch news where Notices of Meetings, Agendas and Minutes can be stored and utilised by members.

Straight Up Journal

We are excited to be moving with the times by producing an electronic version of the magazine.

“Straight Up” is a full colour, 24 page quarterly publication. Up-to-date articles and important information about developments in the building
industry are featured along with the ability for organisations within the industry to advertise.

Special Interest Groups

Six special interest groups have been formed with the intention to bring members with the same interests together at specialist events where
they can meet, share and solve problems, promote their field of interest, distribute information, provide a forum for discussion, and undertake
to develop and maintain industry standards and policies.

• Senior Compliance Managers Forum
• Plumbing & Drainlaying Inspection Services
• Clerk of Works
• Fire Precautions
• Women in Building
• Building Official Cadets and students