Specifications
You need to show the exact systems and products that will be used in your building, such as bracing systems, cladding and roofing materials.
Specifications can be submitted on the drawings themselves or in a separate document. They shouldn't be generic, irrelevant or contradictory to your drawings.
You'll also need to provide the manufacturer's specification documents, including installation and maintenance requirements.
Certificate of Design Work (Memorandum of Licensed Building Practitioners) – for restricted work
A certificate of design work identifies all the restricted building work that will be done and who will supervise the work. This will need to be completed by a licensed building practitioner.
Certificate of Design Work (Memorandum of Licensed Building Practitioners)
Extra document for the first stage of a staged building consent
Extra document for the first stage of a staged building consent (61KB PDF)
You may need to provide extra documents depending on the type of building work you're proposing.
Third-party inspection list
If the work requires extra inspections by an engineer or specialist, you'll need to provide a list of the proposed inspections with the details of who will be carrying them out.
Bracing calculations
If your building work requires changing the loading of a sub-floor, large deck, wall and ceiling and/or roof bracing, you'll need to provide calculations showing that the new bracing is to be no worse than before or meets the required demand as per NZS3604.
Build Magazine - bracing supplement
Specific design (SD) wind documents
If your building is in a specific design wind zone, you'll need to provide a wind speed calculation from an engineer and evidence that the proposed products and systems you plan to use are within the design constraints and will meet the Building Code.
Weather-tightness risk matrix E2
If the building work will affect the weathertightness of the building, your designer will need to provide design details in compliance with the risk matrix from the acceptable solution or a specific design (SD) meeting the performance requirements of E2.
External moisture guide to E2/AS1 risk matrix – Building Performance
Quality assurance (QA) plans
A QA plan helps complex building projects demonstrate that the work meets the requirements of the building consent. It outlines the checks and documentation that must be provided before we issue a code compliance certificate.
Quality assurance plans for complex building projects
Truss design producer statement (PS1)
If your building design includes the use of manufactured trusses, you will need to provide a producer statement (PS1) from the truss manufacturer declaring that the design will be in compliance with the Building Code.
Structural engineering components
Specifically designed engineering components are generally provided by engineers a part of the building consent process. We review these components of consents using a risk-based approach.