Restricted Building Work
Restricted Building Work and Licensed Building Practitioners
Restricted Building Work (RBW) is work that is critical to the integrity of a building. It makes sure the building is structurally sound and weather-tight, that's why it can only be done or supervised by tradespeople who are Licensed Building Practitioners.
Your designer must identify all the Restricted Building Work on your job when they fill in their Certificate of Work. They'll do this when they draw up your building plans.
It's important to know that a lot of work that requires a Building Consent will include Restricted Building work, but not all. If the work to your home does not include work to the primary structure or its weather-tightness, then it is likely to not be Restricted Building Work. Below are a few examples of building work that require a building consent, but don't necessarily contain Restricted Building Work:
- Fitting new sanitary fixtures where there were not any previously (e.g. new kitchen or en suite)
- Installation of a wood burner
- Domestic swimming pool
- Installing insulation to external walls in a home
Find out more about Licensed Building Practitioners (LBPs).
And see the Ministry of Building, Innovation & Employment's Building Performance website for more detail on Restricted Building Work.
