MINUTES
EAST COAST BRANCH
TRAINING AND NETWORKING EVENT
Welcome:
Paul Simmonds acting Chairman East Coast Branch to welcome guests and members to the meeting
Attendance:
Blumenthal Building Consultancy: Morrie Blumenthal
Central Hawkes Bay District Council: Nigel Moore, Ben Swinburn
DSC Group Ltd: Matthew Smith
Hastings District Council: Gerard Van Veen, Andrew Nichols, Elliott Watson, Scott Treneman, Craig Ven Der Zwet
Paul Simmonds Building Surveyor: Paul Simmonds
PSTG Ltd: Peter St George
Timely Building Consultants Ltd: Tim Nichols
Apologies:
Central Hawkes Bay District Council: John Carter, Timothy Chaplin, Murray Lougher, Samuel Hayward
Hastings District Council: Don Mardle, Karen Walker, Melanie Scrivens, Barry Nikolaison, Katrina Harkness, Michelle Toia, Richard Bowden, Frank Busch, Rick Capel
National Processing: Colin Hornett, Alan Gasson, Michael Dymond
Napier City Council: Chris Meechan
Wairoa District Council: Bonee Tauhara Katipa
Previous Minutes:
The minutes were read and taken as a true and correct record
Moved: Gerard van Veen Seconded: Morrie Blumenthal Carried
Outwards:
None
Moved: Andrew Nichols Seconded: Paul Simmonds Carried
Matters Arising:
- Duncan Renner raised an issue regarding the truss/frame designer making changes to the design of the trusses/frame.
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- Sometimes an inspecting officer arrives on-site and finds that the pre-nail design has changed.
- A PS1 will have been issued for the original design which will usually also cover the lintels and sometimes beams.
- Sometimes the lintels and beams have been designed using DesignIT or Prolam proprietary system. However, this is a SED and if it has been changed on-site, it will require a new PS1 and calculations - strictly speaking, this change will require an amendment via the Designer/ Agent.
- It was generally agreed that any proposed changes to the consented plans by the builder must go back to the Designer/Agent who can provide the necessary documentation to the BCA for either a minor variation or an amendment.
- Following this there was a general discussion covering the BOINZ Training Academy where the consensus was that the cost for the courses was considered too high, quality of tutors was considered variable. No specific courses or trainers were named.
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- This discussion was followed by a round table discussion where the following was generally agreed on: the design work and consent applications are of poor quality and MBIE must change the current LBP licensing regime with a focus on improving design competency.
Moved: Andrew Nichols Seconded: Paul Simmonds Carried
General Business:
None
Moved: Andrew Nichols Seconded: Paul Simmonds Carried
Paul Simmonds then thanked members for attending and closed the meeting at 3.37pm to attend the Pan Pac site visit.
Site Visit: Pan Pac Pulpmill
Following the meeting was a fascinating 20 minutes presentation by Grant McLellan of Pan Pack of the pulp manufacturing plant and how it works. After which he took the members on a tour of the Pulpmill, Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and Utilities area. This is designated a Major Hazard Facility mainly due to the chemicals involved which makes the potential for an explosion quite high; particularly if the right systems aren't in place or working properly. A great site visit and many thanks must go to Angela Blom of Pan Pac for making it happen
Pan Pac History:
- Pan Pac is a Japanese owned, fully integrated forestry/timber products company, located in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand.
- From establishment in 1871, the company has had cutting rights to over 33,000 hectares of plantation forests, at five forest locations in Hawkes Bay.
- In 2007, Pan Pac became wholly owned by Oji Green Resources, a fully owned subsidiary of Oji Holdings Limited.
- In 2014, Pan Pac established a subsidiary company, Pan Pac Forest Products (Otago) Limited. This was a lumber business which operated a modern sawmill, boiler, continuous kiln and drymill from a site in Milburn.
Pan Pac Pulpmill:
- The Pan Pac Pul Division has been producing Thermo Mechanical Pulp (TMP) at the Whirinaki site for over 40 years.
- In the Pulpmill, a thermo mechanical pulping process is used to provide targeting pulp properties for manufacturing newsprint and board grade products.,
- The mechanical pulping processes, TMP and Bleached Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp (BCTMP) produce a high yield of pulp and are particularly suited to the New Zealand Radiata pine soft wood resource.
- BCTMP is the preferred furnish for a wide range of board, towelling and paper products.
- The pulpmill produces up to 830 tonnes of TMP and BCTMP pulp daily.
- For newsprint, traditional TMP grades are produced. BCTMO grades are sold all over the world including in NZ, Australia, China, Indonesia, Vietname, India, Pakistan and South Africa.
Next Branch AGM Meeting:
Scheduled for 27th November 2019 3.30pm - Napier Sailing Club, Napier
Andrew Nichols
East Coast Branch Secretary
Andrewn@hdc.govt.nz
