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This determination considers decisions by an authority to issue two notices to fix regarding a newly constructed indoor playground comprising four separate structures. The determination considers the form and content of the notices, and whether there were grounds to issue the notices, including whether the building work was exempt from the requirement to obtain a consent, and whether the playground complies with Building Code Clause B1 Structure.

This determination considers the authority’s decision to require a building consent for work carried out to a relocated dwelling to extend a kitchen into an area that was previously an enclosed veranda and close in an area that was previously the entrance to a back door. The decision turns on whether the building work falls within the scope of building work exempt under clause 15 of Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004 from the requirement to obtain building consent.

This determination considers whether a lift is required to a three-level office building as part of alterations to the existing building. The determination discusses the requirements of section 118, the effect of unit titles, the performance requirements of Clause D1, and whether there is sufficient information on which to conclude that compliance to the extent required by section 112 is achieved in that it would not be reasonably practicable to install a lift.

Discussed the council’s refusal to issue of a code compliance certificate where the as-built work differs from that consented and was also not in accordance with the Acceptable Solution E2/AS1 or the manufacturer’s details, particularly relating to ridge flashings installed to a profiled metal roof. The determination reviewed the compliance of the as-built work against the performance requirements of the Building Code.

This determination considers whether some of the fixings in the subfloor framing to a house meet Building Code Clause B1 Structure. The house was built under a building consent in respect of work described in a national multiple-use approval issued under section 30F of the Act. The matters in dispute arise from the on-site substitution of galvanised rolled steel bearers that have a different profile to that described in the building consent, and the location of bolt fixings that connect the steel bearers to the timber piles.