- Hearing - Roles and Responsiblities Beginning 11 September 2012
- Hearing - Engineering Profession Beginning 10 September 2012
- Hearing - Building Management After Earthquakes Beginning 3 September 2012
- Hearing CTV Building Beginning 25 June 2012
- Hearing New Building Technologies Beginning 12 March 2012
- Hearing Srecko Cvetanov Submission 6 March 2012
- Hearing Forsyth Barr Beginning 23 February 2012
- Hearings About Other Buildings Whose Failure Resulted in Loss of Life Week 5
- Hearings About Other Buildings Whose Failure Resulted in Loss of Life Week 4
- Hearings About Other Buildings Whose Failure Resulted in Loss of Life Week 3 Beginning 30 January 2012
- Hearings Other Buildings Whose Failure Resulted in Loss of Life Week 2 Beginning 23 January 2012
- Hearings Other Buildings Whose Failure Resulted in Loss of Life Week 1 Beginning 12 December 2011
- Hearing Hotel Grand Chancellor Beginning 17 January 2012
- Hearing PGC Building Beginning 28 November 2011
- Hearing Unreinforced Masonry Buildings
Beginning 7 November 2011 - Hearing Soils Beginning 25 October 2011
- Hearing Seismicity Beginning 17 October 2011
Roles and Responsiblities Hearing
On 11 and 12 September 2012 the Royal Commission conducted a public hearing to examine the key issues faced by central and local government, the building and construction industry and other elements of the private sector, when developing and enforcing legal and best practice requirements for buildings in earthquake events.
The hearing included two separate panel discussions which included representatives from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, the Standards Council, the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand and the New Zealand Construction Industry Council.
Timetable
| Date | Time | Presenter | Topic |
| 11 September 2012 | 9.40am | Stephen Mills QC, counsel assisting the Commission | Opening statement |
| Efficiency of the current building regulatory framework and recommendations for improvement | |||
| 9.50am | John Scarry, structural engineer | Training of structural engineers and the building regulatory framework | |
| 11.05am |
David Kelly, Director Canterbury Rebuild & Recovery, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and Dr Peter Mumford, Director, MBIE |
View from the regulator on standards development | |
| 11.30am |
BREAK |
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| 11.45am |
David Kelly and Dr Peter Mumford (continued) |
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| 1pm |
BREAK |
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| 2.15pm |
John Lumsden, Chair, Standards Council Debbie Chin, Chief Executive, Standards NZ |
View on standards development | |
| 3.35pm |
BREAK |
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| 3.50pm | Pieter Burghout, Construction Industry Council (CIC) | View from the industry | |
| 4.10pm | Dr Nicki Crauford, Deputy Chief Executive, Institute of Professional Engineering New Zealand (IPENZ) | View from the engineering professions | |
| 4.45pm | ADJOURNMENT | ||
| 12 September | 9.30am |
Panel discussion:
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Obtaining regulatory approval within the sector, including capability and quality assurance | ||
| 11.05am |
David Kelly, MBIE |
View from the regulator | |
| 11.35am |
BREAK |
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| 11.50am |
Nicholas Hill, Chief Executive, Building Officials Institute of New Zealand (BOINZ) and Peter Laurenson of the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) |
View of building officials | |
| 1pm |
BREAK |
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| 2.15pm |
Geoff Hallam, Programme Manager - Inspection Bodies Accreditation, International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) |
View from the BCA accreditation body | |
| 3.20pm |
Pieter Burghout, CIC |
View from the industry | |
| 3.45pm |
Derek Bradley, Compusoft |
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| 4.05pm |
Panel discussion:
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| 5.15pm |
HEARING COMPLETE |
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