Oct
25
2018
Updated: Steel & Tube has been fined a record almost $1.9 million under the Fair Trading Act.
Aug
17
Brilliance fined $540,000 for "making false and misleading representations" about its steel mesh products.
Jun
07
2017
As it said it would, ComCom lays charges after 500E steel mesh investigations, says more may follow.
Mar
08
Mislabelling error at Malaysian manufacturer allowed 300E rated rebar to be sold as 500E.
Dec
05
2016
UPDATED: Commerce Commission issues criminal proceedings against Steel & Tube and two others.
22
New steel reinforcing mesh testing regime will require accredited testing, effective 1 January 2017.
Jul
14
"Taylor Report": recent spike in Auckland building inspection failures was not due to systemic failure.
May
06
Product assurance - what’s the regulatory outlook? And how do suppliers view all this?
Apr
26
Euro Corp can sell 500E mesh again after agreement to undertake accredited 3rd party testing.
15
MBIE reiterates offer: get in touch with us about non-compliant building products.
Interested parties meeting to discuss ductility. Questions arising now around fixings & fasteners.
13
RNZ this morning: Nick Smith on possible mandatory third party building product testing.
Today's MBIE update reconfirms S&T product OK for domestic use but not for consents requiring 500E.
Steel & Tube will eventually supply product that has been tested both externally and internally.
Mitre 10 is looking into a complaint about faulty electrical components.
16
Plans emerge for a build quality study gauging "shonky" products and their effect.
Concerns about the quality of some overseas building products are justified, says BIF.
MBIE says email us with questions about or issues with shonky products! Do get in touch with them.
"50% of new houses have a non-compliant plumbing product", says RNZ interviewee. More soon...
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