tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post1485907928290391120..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: More red tape for builders, not lessPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-54187651362487346222010-08-13T17:20:29.547+12:002010-08-13T17:20:29.547+12:00Recently I applied for a building consent for a si...Recently I applied for a building consent for a single level home and included in the fees were charges for BRANZ $380, DBH levy $748.60.<br />What will those fees accelerate to once thiese proposals are foistered on us? As you has so clearly shown, BRANZ and the DBH's predecessor the BIA, are the clowns whose regulations allowed faulty building practices and materials to become the normal.Yet, does any of the charges inflicted by DBH or BRANZ protect the consumer, or indeed insure the consure for any negligence on DBH or BRANZ's behalf? <br />I do take issue with your statement "The building codes of the democracies embody, of course, only what the previous generation knew, or thought they knew, about building... The codification in law of fluid and ever-changing practices is the first step in their calcification, and to the inevitable exclusion of innovation and new competition", because it was the trust engendered into faulty JHH, CHH and FFP products along with the plasticoat industry that resulted in leaky houses in the first place. It was the misplaced trust and acceptance of a new product standards and ignorance of prior examples of failure (Canada circa 1990)in production and building techniques that lead us to today's situation, thus denigrating previous building styles for a spray on instahome. Sometimes the new whiz bang ain't all thatand more. Sometimes it is the tried and true which in the long run is shown to be the safest option. <br />For innovation to occur the proponents of that innovation must be prepared to stand by their product. this codification will merely protect those shonky new products more.<br />That the BIA so readily accepted the words of JHH ( a knowingly dodgy organisation at the best of times- e.g. becoming a Dutch company to minimise their potential downside when faced with the full extent of Asbestos claims), goes to heart of how inept they are to handle any regulatory regime.<br />MortAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com