Building law changes will send costs spiralling, says expert

Geoff Bayley said he and engineer Dr Kelvin Walls made a submission to the Building Industry Authority last month on changes to building regulations and calculated the effect of introducing more treated timber and ventilated cavities to plastered houses.

The authority had calculated the rise in costs as a result of changes to building laws which seek to redress the leaky building crisis, Bayley said.

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