MINUTES OF CANTERBURY/WESTLAND BRANCH TRAINING MEETING
held on 7 OCTOBER 2017 at 9am, at GREY DISTRICT COUNCIL, in the COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 105 TAINUI STREET, GREYMOUTH.
Welcome: John welcomed all members and guests to the training meeting and thanked Alan Farquharson for arranging the site tours.
Attendance: Richard Knudsen (Buller DC), Jennifer Clarke, Kevin Thompson, David Hutt, Adam Modica, Steve Walders, Richard Lorgelly (Christchurch City Council), Kevin Roberts (Retired), Alan Farquharson, Adrian Perrin-Smith-Kahl (Grey DC), John Blanken, Brenda McIndoe, Debbie Wilson (Waimakariri DC), Simon Percy, Warren Godfrey, Chris Wieblitz (Westland DC)
Apologies: Bryan Richards (IBIS 2000 Ltd), Mike Nesbit (Timaru DC), Frank Wood, Elizabeth Reeves, Jennifer Lee, Joanne Hay, Mark Fursdon, Mathew Constable, Stephen Carrington, Bud Caldwell, Ian Burford, Olivia Aitken (DSC Group), Carol Caldwell (Enlightened Solutions Ltd), Bill Ellis (BCA Assist), Russell Officer (Solutions Team Ltd), John Haddow (Selwyn DC), Kerry Walsh, Andrea Taylor, Mark Milnes, Angus Malcolm, Liz Ashwin (Hurunui DC), Bernie Van Haandel, Terry Sparks, Gary Nicol, Heath Wells, Katharine Riley, Tania McGrath, Steven May, Robert Copeland (Christchurch City Council), Leo O’Loughlin (Retired), Mike Farrell (Ashburton DC)
Guests: Ben Healy (Grey DC)
Previous Minutes: Minutes of the previous meeting had been circulated via the BOINZ website. These were confirmed as being a true and correct record:
Moved by: Kevin Thompson (Christchurch City Council)
Seconded by: Adam Modica (Christchurch City Council)
Matters Arising: No matters were raised from the previous minutes.
Correspondence In/Out: None was recorded at the time of the meeting due to the Secretary being unable to access emails. Since the meeting the following was identified: 2018 BOINZ Conference Call for Papers request, Training Academy September 2017 Update, Straight Up Magazine September issue, BOINZ Monthly Update October issue.
Board Representative Update: Not available
General Business:
1. The branch was advised Gary Nicol (Christchurch City Council) following his accident had returned home and was slowly transitioning back to normal routine.
2. David Hutt (Christchurch City Council) – part-time MBIE Advisor gave an overview of his role and outlined the new structure of MBIE’s Building System Performance Branch. The Westcoast BCA’s were especially interested in understanding and knowing there was still a voice to which they could access support for any issues in the future.
3. Simon Percy (Westland DC) discussed the latest issues surrounding Container Builds using SIP Panel, Air BnB and Tiny House interpretation – at what stage was a Building Consent application required? A lively discussion from the floor followed – with David Hutt advising further, discussions were likely to follow given the increasing public demand surrounding Tiny House projects.
Special thank you to: Grey District Council for providing the venue and refreshments for networking.
Next Branch Meeting will be the AGM:
scheduled for 28 November 2017 at AMF Bowling NZ 15-21 Iversen Terrace, Waltham, Christchurch 8001 (a fun night to end the year, farewell the existing executive committee and welcome the newly elected committee).
John Blanken closed the meeting at 9.40am.
The site tours followed the close of the meeting.
Grey Base Hospital construction is a combination of an IL 3 and IL 4 building, 3 storey and links to some areas of the existing hospital.
