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Welcome Licensed Building Practitioners (LBPs)

LBPs are building practitioners who have been assessed as competent to carry out building work essential to the structure or weathertightness of residential buildings.

Skills maintenance

If you’re a LBP, skills maintenance helps you grow your skills and knowledge and keep up with important changes in your industry.

Keep on top of your skills maintenance

Why get licensed?

Getting licensed recognises your competency, and builds trust for your customers.

Checking plans

Find a licensed building practitioner

Search the register to find an LBP in your area, or to check an LBPs licensing status and history.

Find or check on an LBP
Board members

Building Practitioners Board

The Board oversees the Licensed Building Practitioners Scheme.

More about the Board
Hammer

Resolving problems

Information for both parties to resolve any problems that might happen during the construction process.

Find out more

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  • COVID-19 Update

    Date published:

    The LBP scheme is still operating under COVID-19 alert level 4, however our processing capacity has reduced due to various constraints. We are working on completing licensing renewals completed via the online portal.

  • Codewords issue 102

    Date published:

    Codewords issue 102 includes further information on where the LBP scheme came from as well as information from MBIE's Weathertight Services Technical Team identifying recurring areas of weathertightness failures.

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