Ready to unpack the 3 biggest legislative changes impacting the construction sector in 2025? With consequences for non-compliance, ensure you’re across the latest Building Product Information Requirements. With change afoot, breakdown the implications of the governments ‘water done well’ plan on infrastructure and the new Fast-Track approval regime. With projects set to benefit, ensure you’re equipped with the information needed for you and your clients to take advantage of changing times.
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Recent Legislative Changes Impacting the Construction Sector in 2025
- Building Product (Products, Standards and Certification Schemes) Amendment Bill
- The proposed amendments to local water infrastructure under the 'Local Water Done Well
- The Fast-track Approvals Act 2024: impact on the pipeline of major projects in NZ
- The review of the Public Works Act 1981: changes to compulsory acquisition of land
Presented by Christine Gordon, Senior Associate, Simpson Grierson
Learning Objective:
- Catch up on the recent regulatory enforcements and legislation impacting the construction industry
Presenters
Christine Gordon, Senior Associate, Simpson Grierson
Christine is a senior associate in Simpson Grierson’s construction group. She is an experienced specialist construction lawyer having developed her skills at Clyde & Co LLP in London and top tier firms in New Zealand. Christine advises a broad range of construction parties from principals, contractors and sub-contractors to engineers, architects and insurers on issues arising both during and after construction. She has experience with New Zealand and international forms of construction contracts and consultancy services agreements. Christine’s experience extends to acting for parties in resolving complex and high value disputes through court, arbitration, mediation, adjudication, expert determination and other dispute resolution forums.
