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My thanks to BECA and IPENZ for the organising of this event, and the opportunity as Minister for Building and Construction to update progress on the implementation of the Royal Commission’s recommendations, and to announce significant proposed changes to the regulation of professional engineering in New Zealand.

The timing is appropriate as it is the fourth anniversary today of the first of the series of earthquakes to hit this city.

Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to speak to you today.

It’s quite an achievement to have reached your 50 year anniversary.

I’m aware that you’ve got over 1500 members and that’s surely a testament to both the great need for the skills of senior engineering technologists, and of the benefits of registration.

Introduction:

• Good afternoon I am pleased to have this opportunity to speak to you today.

• Today I would like to spend a few minutes on the Government’s priorities for the building and construction sector and the Department of Building and Housing’s work programme.

• And I would like to thank Registered Master Builders (RMBF) for the work you have done in supporting the Department to implement the programme so far.

• Good morning. Thank you for inviting me to open your conference - it is a pleasure to be here again.

• I would like to acknowledge Andrew Giles, CEO of the Retirement Villages Association of Australia who is attending the conference.

Introduction:

• Good morning, I am pleased to have this opportunity to speak to you and deliver this year’s Bunckenburg Address.

• I see the address - named in honour of your former President Henry Herbert Bunckenburg – has been a tradition of the NZIQS since 1986. I am honoured to be the latest person to deliver this speech to you.

• This morning I will cover Government’s priorities for the building and construction sector and the Department of Building and Housing’s work programme.

Introduction

• Good evening, and thank you for inviting me here to speak at your Annual Meeting.

• I know we share a common goal in wanting to raise standards and productivity across the construction industry.

• Your own Board Chairman, Bill Smith, is also the Chair of the Building and Construction Sector’s Productivity Partnership. This forum was established as an active partnership between professionals like you, and a government committed to growing the sector.

Acknowledgements:

David Brown, Chairman, CBANZ
Richard Merrifield, Past Chairman, CBANZ
Grant Florence, Chief Executive, CBANZ

Acknowledgements:

Phil Saunders, BOINZ President
Norm Barton, BOINZ Vice-President
Nick Hill, BOINZ Chief Executive

Introduction:

• Good morning and thank you for inviting me to deliver the keynote address to your Annual Conference for 2012.

• I note you have chosen as the theme for your conference, “Enhancing Professionalism”.

Acknowledgements

• Joe Hollander, Chair, Construction Clients’ Group
• Peter Cunningham, CEO, Constructing Excellence NZ (construction industry umbrella organisation which facilitates the Construction Clients’ Group)
• Professor Michael Davies, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Auckland University.

• Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me here to speak with you today.

• I know we share some common concerns in regard to increasing quality in the building industry, not just through practitioners but also in ensuring the quality of products used.

• Like you, I support practical regulation of the industry through national and consistent application of the New Zealand Building Code and New Zealand standards.

• Welcome to you all and thank you for asking me to speak to you this evening

• I think this is a very important time to be in the Building and Construction sector there are a lot of changes happening and I am gratified by the support we have received from you on our package of reforms

CTV report

• Today the Department of Building and Housing released the final report into the collapse of the CTV building in Christchurch in the 22 February quake.