SR316 New housing condition - a preliminary assessment (2019)

There are anecdotal reports that new housing is being constructed with compliance defects that means completed buildings do not meet Building Code performance requirements. In particular, there are risks associated with clauses B1 Structure, E2 External moisture and H1 Energy efficiency, despite the experiences of leaky homes and the associated changes to weathertightness performance requirements.

This project aims to quantify the extent of any compliance issues, to assess “quality” of construction and to better understand the problems builders face in producing high-standard work. The first part of the project is to develop an inspection method and obtain a preliminary assessment of workmanship and design issues, and this is the subject of this report.