MINUTES

SOUTHERN BRANCH

GENERAL MEETING

held on

Friday, 26th November 2021 at 10:00am
held by ZOOM

Welcome:

Branch Chairperson Stu Chapman opened the meeting and welcomed members.

Stu then advised members of the guest presenters for the day: Michael Freeman –Potter Interior Systems & John Bacon from BOSS Fire & Safety Australia discussing Passive Fire at 11am.
Stu thanked them both for attending via ZOOM.


Attendance:

Timaru District Council: Vicki McMillan, Olivia McGregor, Murray Winmill, Jayson Ellis, Kirk Downes, Phil Capil, Paul Hansen, Taare Parekura
Waimate District Council: Stu Chapman, Dave McFarlane
Gore District Council: Trevor Gilder, Darron Instone, Gillian Bedwell

Waitaki District Council: Josh Dooley, Brent Cunningham, Karen Marshall, Gordon Innes
Canterbury/Westland Branch: Liz Ashwin

BOINZ National Office: Nick Hill, Vivian Mernard, Dana Mackay, Nicola Hakes, Jacqui Neilson

Apologies:

Dunedin City Council: Neil McLeod

Gore District Council: Russell Patterson

Guest Presenters:

Michael Freeman – Potters Interior Systems

John Bacon – BOSS Fire & Safety Australia


Previous Minutes:
Reviewed as a true and correct record.

Moved: Stu Chapman    Second: Josh Dooley

Correspondence In/Out

National Office would like to remind our members that the Straight Up Magazine is emailed directly to you and is also available online.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Dana McKay (Membership Engagement and Communication Manager) directly via membership@boinz.org.nz

 

  • Joint Interbranch Meeting (second request) - Canterbury Westland Branch have contacted the Southern Branch and would like to know if there is interest in an “away” meeting over a weekend next year. These meetings aim to visit a significant/interesting building or site.
  • The Canterbury/Westland executive has suggested Oamaru EQP Buildings and Steampunk
  • Members arrange their own accommodation and have a meal out on the Saturday night together.
  • Liz was attending our meeting so explained how this has worked in the past eg visited Kaikoura and Hanmer Springs normally in spring time.
  • Waitaki District Council suggested we could go to Queenstown for this, Nick has said SBCO will be in Queenstown in August 2022 so would be perfect for all BCA’s to send members to Queenstown for this.
  • The new Antarctic New Zealand Base is to be built in Timaru so it was also suggested that we could hold this meeting in Timaru and organise a site visit of this build.
  • BOINZ Board has also been discussing ways of helping branches - this will be coming out shortly.
BRANZ would like to attend our next meeting on the 11th March 2022 to share information on the BRANZ Assurance Services & Appraisal.

Vicki will let Katie Page ( Business Development and Media Production Manager – BOINZ) know that we are happy for this happen – either in person or via zoom

Southern Branch would like to Congratulate Chris Randell, Angus McIntyre, Jayson Ellis & Julie Conradi on the awards they received virtually from the BOINZ Gala Dinner. At our next face to face meeting in March we will have an opportunity for a short speech and photo opportunity if these members are able to attend our next meeting.  (will see if BOINZ would like to shout morning tea for this as we didn’t have our AGM lunch this year)

 

General Business:

  • All agenda items can be emailed to Vicki directly via victoria.mcmillan@timdc.govt.nz at any time before the next meeting.
  • Please also remember to RSVP if you are attending meetings. This ensures we have the correct venue size and catering requirements.
  • Branch Secretary Vicki asked if each BCA open to having a representative she can contact to see what the current issues / trends are. This will assist with organising relevant speakers she suggested these members could be in a monthly group email.
  • If there can be people and topics added to agenda earlier with the assistance of representative staff can more easily be released to attend.
  • We need member input for these meetings without this we aren’t able to source the topics/presenters you actually want to see.  If you don’t contribute the less likely it will be that your manager will release you for future meetings.

 

     

  • MBIE – Building Code Update on Monday 29th November – Insulation (new builds)
  • Training – Jayson Ellis reminded the members that the spreadsheet for training requirements for the Southern Group has been sent to each BCA, this needs to be completed ASAP please so it can be forwarded to BOINZ to organise our training requirements.
  • Jacqui from BOINZ informed the team that the Fire course run by Trent Fearnley has been updated. It is now a 2 day beginner course, 1 day intermediate course and 1 day advanced course.
  • Roadshow Fire 2022 – Jacqui has sent out the spreadsheet of dates available, please let Jacqui know number ASAP please.
  • Timaru has been selected as the build site for the new $344 million Antarctica research base that is expected to involve hundreds of jobs over six years. Timaru BCA have a meeting on the 9th December with the Project team and MBIE to discuss how this will work – what consents will be require for this project if any. Timaru BCA will update the branch at the next meeting of the outcomes.

 

Dates for 2022 Southern Branch Meetings:

11thMarch 2022

Dunedin

(Plaza Conference Room

 

29th July 2022

Dunedin

(Plaza Conference Room

 

2nd September 2022

Dunedin

(Plaza Conference Room)

 

25th November 2022 (AGM)

Dunedin

(Plaza Conference Room

 

 

No Southern meetings this year due to logistics – but open to options of site visits – please let us know if you have anything you think would be great for the team to see.

Presentation Nick Hill – Chief Executive BOINZ

Nick thanked the branch for the opportunity to attend our last meeting of the year via ZOOM. 

The board has its last board meeting of the year the previous Friday via ZOOM.

Topics Discussed

  • Membership and Branches – the past two years have been tough with attendances and managing branches due to Covid 19. The board are coming up with ideas of how to increase network, help executives and getting Chairs and Secretaries together more than once a year. Membership has fallen off over the past two years but there has been an increase in registrations in the past year. BOINZ are looking at bringing in a loyalty programmes – this will include special cards dependant on length of membership.
  • Budget 2022 – working on this is a tough job when income is down 75%. We did have a better year in 2021 with training before Covid lockdowns hit again.  Jacqui has put a lot of work into Professional development e.g. Competency training, Pools training is now available online.
  • Conference 2021 – this was a huge success, getting people face to face again. Unfortunately the Gala Dinner was cut short at very short notice due to Covid. BOINZ TV covered the BOINZ Gala which was seen by 400 people.  The last day of the Conference was also picked up by BOINZ TV.
  • Conference 2022 – this will be held in Rotorua from the 29th May – 1st June which is a highly successful venue. It was asked about having Conference in the South Island, Nick said due to the amount of people that attend it I hard to find places that can accommodate us in the South Island.

Make sure you attend the Welcome Function in Rotorua on the Sunday.  Monday 29th November Papers close and 10t December early bird registrations close. Conference and the SBCO are going back to being two separate events – the SBCO will be held on 15th & 16th August 2022 in Queenstown. The SBCO is designed for Senior Managers & Senior team members it covers – Trends, Innovations, Hot Topic Discussion & Concerns & Issues in the markets to name a few topics. MBIE will also be attending.

  • Nicola has been working on the Accreditation Programme, which has lifted off this year - The Accreditation Programme is managed by the National Accreditation Division part of the Building Officials Institute of New Zealand.  It is formal industry recognition of the education, standard of competence and professionalism reached by its members in undertaking property inspections.  Once the individual has undertaken and successfully completed the Accredited Building Surveyors Training Programme they will have undergone a stringent assessment process in order to successfully obtain Accreditation as set out in the Programme.
  • Qualifications Review – Earlier this year minor modifications were made to the course programmes – Year 2 Diploma have 60 people taking pat and Year 1 Diploma have just under 60 people starting this. 
  • Facebook BOINZ page – make sure you join this group to keep up to date with current going ons.  Big congratulations to those who filled in the Well Being Survey, results will be available on line.

 

Presentation by Potters Interiors & BOSS Passive Fire

Michael Freeman & John Bacon

 

Potters Interior Systems - We are experts in the distribution of quality products and proven solutions to the commercial construction market throughout New Zealand. Our services include aluminium partitions, suspended ceiling grid and panels, insulation, passive fire protection, whiteboards, pinboards and acoustic wall coverings

Established in 1966, we have grown with New Zealand’s commercial building industry and have built valuable relationships with key suppliers and clients alike. Potter Interior Systems was taken into the CSR Limited family in 2010, giving us access to the innovation and resources of Australasia’s leading building products company.

 

BOSS Fire & Safety is a leading specialist in the fire protection and safety industries throughout Australia and New Zealand.

With sales offices and distributors across Australia and NZ, BOSS Fire can provide some of the world’s best passive products to your local market.

BOSS Fire & Safety’s management has a combined 100 years’ experience in specialist building, construction and fire protection products. We can help design and select the best solutions for your requirements. All of our products meet or exceed the rigorous international or independent performance tests and standards – it’s our commitment to raise the bar of quality and professionalism in our industries.

We committed to the protection of people and their environment.

Boss Fire & Safety work with Major builders and developers, such as Multiplex, Lend Lease, Probuild, Icon, Hamilton Marino, Hacer Group, Tomkins Commercial, Richard Crookes Constructions and Hutchinson.

Insurance companies responsible for commercial building portfolios, such as Zurich and QBE.

Architects and fire engineers, such as Olssen, Red Fire Engineers, Gannon Fire & Risk and Arup.

Fire Specialists leading both the Active and Passive Fire Protection markets.

Mechanical trades and leading HVAC Engineers, such as AG Coombs, Fredon Air, Ellis Air, D&E Air Conditioning, Triple M and AE Smith.

Astute building owners keen on ensuring safety to life and property via fail safe fire protection systems.

NATA Approved laboratories, such as Warringtonfire, CSIRO, BRANZ and PFITS NZ.

A wide variety of local distributors and stockist’s, such as Potters Interior Systems, Flamestop, Intex Group, TradeMark Wholesale, DrillCut, DuroFast, PowAGroup, DrillFast, Reece Plumbing Supplies, Antec Group, Alpha Supply and TLE Electrical

 

This was a show and tell presentation with Michael & John with some of the products used by Potters Interiors, John is the Technical Manager for Australia and New Zealand for BOSS Fire & Safety.

Potters Interiors is the exclusive distributor in New Zealand.

John commented that products are only as good the installer putting them in & products will perform if installed as tested.

Potters are ensuring that installers are educated and that products are correctly installed.

John has been in Passive Fire for 15 years with a heavy focus on development. He works with builders, contactors, installers – always evolving process.

John showed us serval products which included: Fire Collars, FireMastic – HPE, FireMastic-300, Fire Silicone- EMA, Boss Batt, FireMortar 360, Thermal Wraps, Fire Rated Downlight Covers, Peno Patch, Fire Pillows – 240, Boss Fire Boxes, Cable Transits, Firestrip ALX.

 

Products Boss Fire & Safety supply are:

They have approved installers all over New Zealand. There was online training with installers during Covid.

Boss are happy to look at training with BCO’s – Nik Hill suggested this could be done through BOINZ & BOINZ TV, which John was interested in looking at.

John & Michael would like to attend our next meeting hopefully in person so they can bring along some of these products so members can see them first hand.  (Covid & International travel allowing)

The members really enjoyed Michael and John’s presentation and being able to ask questions throughout.

Action Log

Actions arising from the meeting are summarised below. Please complete your action by the stated date.

Action Item

Person Responsible

Action Item

Due date

#1

Neil McLeod

Neil McLeod – Provide details of who to contact at MBIE re John Sneed or other MBIE representatives attending a Southern Branch meeting.

Stu to follow up on

 

April 2021

#2

Stu Chapman

Joint Interbranch Meeting

Canterbury Westland Branch have contacted us and would like to know if we would be interested in an “away” meeting over a weekend around September.

They try to visit a significant/interesting building or site.

 

To look at Antarctic Scott Base build in Timaru in 2022

April 2021

 

Next Meeting:

The next meeting is proposed for 11th March 2022 to be held at Dunedin in the Plaza Conference Room at 10.00am. 

The meeting concluded at 11.46am

JUMP TO:

MoST Content Management V3.0.9455