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Research Assingment Department of Builing and housing. 

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• Describe the three building categories for builing licencing?
• Category 1: A single household dwellings with low-or medium-risk
• envelop desing.
• Category 2: A signle household dwellings with high-risk envelop design
• or other builings with a builing height* less than 10m.
• Category 3: All builing 10m or greater in builing height* except signle household dwelling. 
• List the seven licencing classes?
• SITE
• DESIGN
• BRICKLAYING & BLOCKLAYING
• CARPENTRY
• EXTERNAL PLASTERING
• FOUNDATION
• ROOFING
• When was the LBP scheme introduced and from what date do builders have to be licenced?
• The LBP scheme is one of the changes in the builing act 2004 to encourage better builing
• design construction.
• licensing began on 1 November 2007 with the introduction of the design, site and
• carpentry classes. Licensing for roofing, bricklaying, blocklaying and external plastering
• began on 1 November 2008. A licence class for foundation is expected to open April 2010.
• What is the difference between the builing Act, builing regulations and the builing code?
• BUILING ACT: aims to improved control of, and encourage better pratices in builing desing and construction.
• BUILING REGULATION: form an importana part of New Zealands builing controls.
• BUILING CODE: It is a performance-base code, which means it states how a builing
• and its components must perform as opposed to describing how the builing must be desiged and constructed.
• In relation to weather tightness, what are the 4 D`s?
  

  ·         Deflection – keeping water away from potential entry points

  ·         Drainage – providing means of removing water that does enter.

  ·         Drying – allowing any remaining moisture to be removed by ventilation or diffusion.

  ·         Durability – providing materials with appropriate durability