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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.

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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
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Building Practitioners Board

The Board oversees the Licensed Building Practitioners Scheme.

More about the Board
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Resolving problems

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

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  • Consultation: have your say on MBIE’s fees review for licensed building practitioners

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    The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is reviewing the fees and levy for the Licensed Building Practitioners (LBP) scheme and would like to hear from licensed building practitioners.

  • Codewords Issue 84

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    This issue provides some useful tips for saddle flashings at balustrade-to-wall junctions and information on screw-type anchors used for fixing bottom plates. These technical tips and details will hopefully make these trickier details easier. We also cove

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