Canterbury Green Zone building guides

The Ministry of Building, Innovation and Employment has released two Quick Guides for builders working in the Green Zones (TC1, TC2, TC3). Very useful for residents too.

They are:

  • The Guide for Canterbury Builders Below–Floor Work
  • The Guide for Canterbury Builders Above–Floor Work

Each Guide briefly outlines the regulatory requirements and highlights special issues. They can be downloaded from here.

Both are short and easy to read. If you are having work done you really should read them. If you are having a Fletchers EQR repair done these guides may help you know what to expect and to check what is actually being done.

The contents of the Below-Floor Work Guide are:

SETTING THE SCENE

  • Building in the Canterbury Green Zone
  • NZ Regulations

THE NUTS AND BOLTS

  • Below-floor work
  • Assessing house foundations
  • Confirming the site’s Technical Category (TC)
  • Assessing foundation damage – repair or replace?
  • Checking ground height requirements
  • Repairing and relevelling foundations in TC1 and TC2
  • Lifting and relevelling floors: all foundation types
  • Relevelling Type A foundations: timber floor with piles
  • Relevelling Type B foundations: timber floor with piles and perimeter foundation
  • Relevelling Type C foundations: concrete slab-on-ground
  • Putting in new foundations
  • Other useful information

The contents of the Above-Floor Work Guide are:

SETTING THE SCENE

  • Building in the Canterbury Green Zone
  • NZ Regulations

THE NUTS AND BOLTS

  • Above-floor work
  • Structural frame connections and bracing
  • Wall framing
  • Roof framing
  • Bracing
  • Repairs to plaster-board or plywood braced panels
  • Other construction types
  • Chimneys and fireplaces
  • Retaining walls
  • Preventing falls
  • Other useful information

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