MBIE Earthquake Repairs to Canterbury Homes seminar - 27 August 2015
Channel: cerachch
Date: 2015-08-29

Recording of the seminar MBIE Earthquake Repairs to Canterbury Homes, held at the In The Know Hub,  27 August 2015.

Background: Earlier this month MBIE released the results of a survey on the quality of earthquake repairs undertaken on 101 homes that had been exempt from a building consent under Schedule 1 (repairs and maintenance) of the Building Act.

Thirty-two properties had structural repair work carried out that was non-compliant with the Building Code. An additional 23 homes were assessed as having minor repair defects.

See more details and view the report here http://www.mbie.govt.nz/news-and-media/news-from-around-mbie/report-into-canterbury-residential-repairs-released » 

This seminar covered:
- an overview of the report - how it was undertaken, what the report found and the recommendations
- clarification of some of the technical information  including findings about ‘jack and pack’ repairs
and EQC and EQR answered questions and outlined:
- their response to the MBIE report
- how they will address issues outlined by the report
- discuss next steps.

More about the In The Know Hub here: http://intheknow.org.nz/in-the-know-hub/

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) is the agency established by the Government of New Zealand to lead and coordinate the ongoing recovery effort following the devastating earthquakes of September 2010 and February 2011.

CERA is supporting a range of organisations in making well co-ordinated and timely decisions. It aims to help restore the social, economic, cultural and environmental well-being of greater Christchurch communities.

CERA: http://cera.govt.nz