MINUTES OF CANTERBURY/WESTLAND BRANCH TRAINING AND NETWORKING EVENT
Time & Date: 4:30pm, 24 September 2024
Location: Selwyn District Council, Rolleston and via Zoom
Welcome:
- Branch Chair Jenny Lilley welcomed Canterbury Westland members attending in-person, and guest attendees.
- Jenny welcomed our Board representative Jeff Fahrensohn to the meeting.
- Jenny then welcomed the guest speaker Nick McCrostie, and thanked Selwyn District Council for hosting the meeting and for sponsoring refreshments.
Attendance:
- It was confirmed the online meeting was being recorded, and that online attendance was recorded digitally.
- In-person attendees were asked to sign the attendance register.
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Sandi Rhynd Michael Wong Mike Farrell Katharine Riley Jenny Lilley Lloyd Gaby Chris van den Bosch Adele Patchett Kathryn Bolton Robert Copeland Matt Tracey Ghislaine Warren Ray Thomson David Hutt John Melville Peter Newton Delwyn Phillips Lovedeep Singh |
Heath Wells (CCC) Liz Ashwin Tony Davison Ronnie Craig Peter Van der Zee Vladimir Torres Jeff Fahrensohn Prasanna Kumar Ana Garrido-Morales John Blanken Barb Dillon Neil Donnellan Nathan Evans Marco Fouche Helen Fowler Carl Greening |
Wayne Roden Jason Dean Jolene Petre Adam Modica Stephen Walders Bryan McKay Jim Nguyen Kathy Stubbs Henry Stikkelman |
Apologies:
Apologies were received from:
Peter Murphy, Aradhna Dutt, Mathew Constable , Renee Galey, Paul Drummond, Tony Davison, Clinton Ford, Adrian Perrin-Smith-Kahl, Brenda McIndoe
Guests:
Nick McCrostie
Previous Minutes:
Matters Arising:
Nothing raised
Correspondence In/Out:
- BOINZ Codetalk emails
- BOINZ submission on Granny Flats is now available on the BOINZ website.
- BOINZ is seeking 5 Licensed members to join the BOINZ CPD Review Committee.
- Save the date for the BOINZ Conference 2025 is out - 26-28 May in Christchurch. Nominations are being sought for the Events Technical Committee – nominations close 27 September.
General Business:
- Jenny confirmed that SBCO 2024 was held 8-9 August in Queenstown – a number of Canterbury and Westland members attended and confirmed that it was a fantastic event with lots of high-quality presentations, opportunities for discussion and networking, and a memorable trip across Lake Wakatipu enjoying the amazing Queenstown scenery.
- Jenny requested for members to RSVP by email to the Secretary/Chair when confirming if you’re attending the meeting as this is the only notification that we get for arranging catering. Accepting the calendar invite does not count as an RSVP to the meeting.
New Members
The chair welcomed the following new members to the Branch:
- Rebecca Harding – Kaikoura District Council
- Madeline Blacktopp – Hurunui District Council
- Geoff Wiblin – Steel and Tube
- Mark Mitchell – Mackenzie District Council
- John Bomphrey – Grey District Council
BOINZ Loyalty Awards:
The Chair confirmed that BOINZ Loyalty Awards for long service will be presented at future face-to-face Branch meetings. Members receiving an award will receive an emailed invitation and the awards will be presented by the Branch.
Board Representative Update:
Jeff Fahrensohn provided an update from the Board covering the recent SBCO event and planned conference format for 2025, training events, content for BOINZ Straight Up magazine. He discussed recent and upcoming government consultations that BOINZ are making submissions on such as the ‘Granny Flats’ and ‘Remote Inspections’ – Jeff requested that members respond to requests for input for these submissions to ensure that they fully represent the membership.
Building Code Issues:
- No items were forwarded to the executive prior to the meeting for discussion.
- No items were raised for discussion at the meeting.
Guest Presentation:
Nick McCrostie, Resene Construction Systems:
- Nick introduced himself and gave an overview of his background and role with Resene Construction Systems (RCS). He has spent 8 years working as Territory Manager for RCS and is responsible for working with all parts of the sector including BCAs, designers and builders.
- Nick discussed the history of Rockcote and RCS in Aotearoa New Zealand from its launch in the 1980s through to today.
- He discussed the different products and systems that RCS offer ranging from plaster cladding systems, intertenancy fire and acoustic rated wall systems, interior finishes and solutions for insulated foundation/slab edges. He showed details of some of the key products and some case study videos explaining how they can be used.
- Nick presented on the different type of wall cladding systems that are available – from the AAC panel systems, plastered EPS system GraphX through to higher thermally performing ‘outsulation’ XTherm Gold system.
- Nick highlighted the internal QA processes that RCS implement and discussed what records and warranties are provided with their installations. He also highlighted the maintenance plan and scheduled reminders that are offered with RCS systems to support building owners in carrying out planned regular maintenance of the cladding systems. He noted that these records can be provided to BCAs on request.
- Nick gave an overview of common issues/questions that are received by their in-house technical support team. This included a discussion of installation of fire stops in cladding cavities at intertenancy junctions, base of cladding at junction with insulated slab edges.
- Nick showed members a new detail that will be released for a AAC wall cladding junction with a reverse soffit using a purpose made ventilated trim. It was noted that this detail is often problematic on site as builders install soffit boards prior to cladding installation.
- There was a short Q&A session where Nick answered questions from members on the minimum qualification required for RCS cladding installers (confirmed as both an LBP and a licensed installer with RCS), what technical support is available for one-off details eg junctions with other cladding systems (confirmed that RCS tech team are happy to review and comment on details on request)
Next Branch Training and Networking Event: scheduled for 18-19 October at Hamner Springs
A save the date has been sent with planned meeting agenda – invite to follow early October.
Meetings for the rest of 2024:
- 26 November – Xmas social – bowls and BBQ at Burnside
- The executive are starting to plan the meeting calendar for 2025 and welcome ideas and suggestions.
Special thank you to:
Nick Mcrostie for presenting for us.
Selwyn District Council for providing refreshments.
Jenny Lilley closed the meeting at 18:00.
Liz Ashwin
Canterbury/Westland Branch Secretary
