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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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  • Expression of Interest for BPB members

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    The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is seeking expressions of interest for a new Building Practitioners Board member.

  • Codewords Issue 87

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    Welcome to the final Codewords edition for 2018. Our first article this edition is around using built-up members in place of solid timber and our second article builds on our last quantity-surveying and construction article. We have also recently undertak

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