This is an Example:The Learnings1. What was meant to happen?e.g. A building consent for a retaining wall2. What did happen?e.g. We started to build the retaining wall and the council came and ordered us to stop work andobtain a building consent.3. Why did it happen?e.g. We thought because the retaining wall was under 1.5 meters high it would not need a buildingconsent or engineer design. We were ignorant of the law as I discovered.4. What did we do to fix it, or how did we fix it?e.g. We applied for a building consent and discovered from talking to the council, that the wallneeded a building consent because there was a driveway above it. I have since learned that this partof the Building Act. There is a section called Schedule 1 which lists all building work that does notneed a building consent. Part (C) of schedule 1 states "construction or alteration of any retainingwall that retains not more than 1.5 metres depth of ground and that does not support any surchargeor any load additional to the load of that ground (for example, the load of vehicles on a road)". It is part of being a builder to understand the laws that are relevant to what I do. This experience is part of my learning. I will now know where to look, to see if the work I am undertaking is legalSurcharge on retaining walls
03/02/2010
Campbell’s blog - Vox
Good Brad, Just need some (original) content now. Remember you can always go back and delete or edit previous posts.
-Campbell
Posted by: Campbell | 03/14/2010 at 02:17 PM