MINUTES

CANTERBURY/WESTLAND BRANCH
TRAINING AND NETWORKING EVENT

held on
Tuesday, 26th March at 4.00pm
at
Tūranga Central Library
Christchurch

Welcome:

Members were invited to a tour of Tūranga, Christchurch central library. The tour was led by library staff, and Mathew from Architectus and Scott from Powell Fenwick were there as design team members to answer technical questions.

Branch Chairman Richard Lorgelly welcomed members and guests as well as extending a special welcome to the event's sponsor - John Eastwood, Head of Business Development ANZ, XLam Australasia

Attendance:

Ashburton District Council: Mike Farrell, Kelvin Lysaght
Christchurch City Council: Brian Abrahams, Ricardo Anderson, Christopher Beckham, Lisa Bennett, Jennifer Clarke, Ryan Cooper, Ana De Jong, Jason Dobier, Bill Dray, Phillippa Elgin, Les Frost, David Hutt, Yo An Lin, Richard Lorgelly, Tania McGrath, Bryan McKay, Adam Modica, Eddie Newman, Jim Nguyen, Gary Nicol, Noemi Ponferrada, Tracy Quinton-Boundy, Sandi Rhynd, Katharine Riley, Terry Sparks, Peter Van Der Zee, Bernie Van Haandel, Stephen Walders, Heath Wells, Daniel Kennedy, Chris Nicholson
CW Design and Consulting: Christopher Hopgood
G Erikson: Graham Erikson
Hampton Jones: Matthew Tracey
Hurunui District Council: Liz Ashwin, Robbie Brannen, Steven Laird, Mark Milnes, Kevin Roberts, Wayne Roden
IBIS 2000 Ltd: Bryan Richards
Solutions Team: Russell Officer
Project Solutions: Andy Sanders
Waimakariri District Council: John Blanken, Stacey Garrett, Brenda McIndoe, Mike Rowe, Sarah Smith, Lachlan Thompson, Kevin Thompson, Vladimir Torres, Debbie Wilson

Apologies:

BCA Assist Ltd: Bill Ellis
Hurunui District Council: Kerry Walsh
Retired Member: Leo O'Loughlin
Waimakariri District Council: Robert Moore
What's Up House Inspections Ltd: John Wuhi

Thank you to all members who RSVP'd. Please RSVP for future events within 48 hours for catering purposes and sign the attendance sheet upon your arrival

Previous Minutes:

Minutes of the previous meeting was circulated via the BOINZ website. These were accepted as a true and correct record:

Moved: Steve Walders Seconded: Bryan Mckay

Correspondence In/Out:

• The Board report was received by email. Due to having two activities, there was less available time, so a copy was made Board report for members to read.
• Richard encouraged members to read it and he read out the section on BOINZ training.
• He also encouraged members to give feedback on any issues directly to National Office, particularly any feedback related to training.
• If you have any suggestions for future training courses, please contact Jason Goei from National Office at Training@boinz.org.nz or 04 473 6003

Board Report:

Kerry Walsh: Board liaison for Canterbury/Westland Branch sent his apologies

Upcoming Dates:

• The calendar dates for the 2019 Branch meetings are available on the BOINZ website.
• The 2019 52nd Annual Conference & Expo will be held at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre, 19-22 May, registrations are open. Please contact Kim Gottard at Events@boinz.org.nz or 04 473 6005 to register
• The next branch meeting will be on the 11th June, more information to follow.

Site Visit:

Tour of Tūranga, Christchurch's new central city Library. Mathew from Architectus and Scott from Powell Fenwick lead a tour through the iconic building. The four-storey building is filled with technology and flexible spaces, with dedicated areas such as a recording studio, a 3D printer and even a sewing room. Some of the members were taken to the plant room on the top floor, while the rest of the members were guided through the building by Rosemary and two members of her library team.

Guest speaker:

Xlam: John Eastwood

John Eastwood from Xlam gave a presentation on Cross Laminated Timber manufacturing (CLT) with an emphasis on regulatory compliance. John also discussed how usage of this building product for multi-storey buildings is increasing, and the difficulties that Xlam is having with meeting the demand for its products and the cost of raw materials.

Special thank you to: Rosemary and her team at Tūranga for the guided tour, to Mathew and Scott from Architectus and Powell Fenwick, and to Christchurch City Council for the refreshments.

A big thank you to Ana De Jong, Jim Nguyen, James Kwon, Terry Sparks and Ricardo Anderson for their assistance with setting this event up.

Richard Lorgelly (Branch Chairman) closed the meeting at 6.30pm

Jennifer Clarke
CANTERBURY/WESTLAND Branch Secretary
Jennifer.Clarke@ccc.govt.nz

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