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MBIE claims of instances of unsafe building designs

Dr Tony Enright made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

The request was refused by Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment.

From: Dr Tony Enright

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

On 22 November 2017, RNZ attributed the following statement to MBIE:

“We have recently become aware of buildings being designed where the Verification Method did not provide Building Consent Authorities adequate assurances that public safety was sufficiently protected,” the ministry's Dave Robson, Manager of Building Performance and Engineering, said in a statement. The ministry said that in those cases of an unsafe design, councils made the designer rework it.

It is a serious matter to claim instances of unsafe building designs.

‘Safe’ and ‘non-compliant’ are not binary states. They are points on a spectrum.

Therefore, please provide the documentary evidence behind MBIE’s claim of ‘unsafe building designs’. This should include communications both internally and with external stakeholders such as Fire Emergency New Zealand and Building Consent Authorities.

Yours faithfully,

Dr Tony Enright

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Ref: 1718-0801

 

Dear Dr Enright

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 10 December 2017 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

·        Therefore, please provide the documentary evidence behind MBIE’s
claim of ‘unsafe building designs’. This should include communications
both internally and with external stakeholders such as Fire Emergency New
Zealand and Building Consent Authorities.

 

Please note that the days from 27 December 2017 to 15 January 2018
(inclusive) are defined as non- working days in the Act and are not
counted in the calculation for the response due date. This will affect the
time period for responding to your request.

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course. If you have any enquiries regarding
your request feel free to contact us via email [MBIE request email] or using
the contact details below.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

Alan Witcombe

MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

Corporate, Governance and Information

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

 

 

 

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Dear Dr Enright

 

Attached is a response to your Official Information Act 1982.

 

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Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

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