Housing costs will rise by $10 billion during the next two decades as a result of proposed building code changes, says an Auckland quantity surveyor.
Wednesday, October 15th 2003, 6:47AM
by The Landlord
Geoff Bayley said he and engineer Dr Kelvin Walls made a submission to the Building Industry Authority last month on changes to building regulations and calculated the effect of introducing more treated timber and ventilated cavities to plastered houses.
The authority had calculated the rise in costs as a result of changes to building laws which seek to redress the leaky building crisis, Bayley said.
