2024 SBCO Technical Programme - Subject to change

See below for a brief overview or click here to download the printable version. Current as of 23 July. 

Evening of Wednesday 7 August

5.30pm - 7.30pm                     

Welcome & Networking Function at Millennium Hotel, Queenstown



Day One Thursday 8 August

7.30am

Registration & Expo Opens

8.30am

Welcome & Housekeeping 

8.35am

MBIE Building Systems Proformance (BSP) Branch Update 

Suzannah Toulmin,
MBIE

9.00am

Design Does Matter

Mel Orange, Building Practitioners Board

9:30am

Fit for Purpose or 'Code Minimum'

Daniel Scheibmair, Simpson Strong-Tie

10.00am

Morning Tea - Sponsored by James Hardie

10.30am

KEYNOTE - Lead with Stories

Jehan Casinader, Leading Journalist and Mental Health Advocate

11.30am

OSM MMC ITP TPL - Critical Knowledge Behind These Acronyms

Shay Harrop, Building Cycle Ltd

12.00pm

Aiming to be Leaders of Learning

Kirsty Wallace, BOINZ & Jayson Ellis, Timaru District Council

12.30pm

Lunch

1.30pm 

BCA Role in Inspecting 8 Level Mass Timber CLT Building

Brian Maney, Tauranga City Council & Craig Body, LT McGuiness BOP 

2.00pm

Window installation - Where We Are, Where We Need to Be and All the Risks 

Benjy Simmons, STARKE Windows and Doors

2.30pm

Identifying and Mitigating High-Risk Condensation Assemblies: Practical Risk Matrix for Building Components

Denise Martin, Building Envelope Optimisation

3.00pm

Using the COP Roof Drainage Calculator, Why? and How?

Rod Newbold, NZ Metal Roofing Manufacturers Association

3.30pm

Afternoon Tea 

4.15pm

Walking bus begin to Dinner

4.45pm

Board TSS Earnslaw at Steamer Wharf, Queenstown

5.00pm- 9:00.pm

Dinner in Colonels Homestead Restaurant, Walters Peak - Finish



Day Two Friday 9 August 

8.00am

Registration and Expo opens

8.30am

Welcome and Housekeeping

8.35am

Building System Delivery and Assurance (BSDA) Update 

Simon Thomas, MBIE 

9.00am

Do BCAs need to be working towards 3D BIM consent processing, or is it a big red herring?

Matt Bishop, Brevity Ltd

9.30am

KEYNOTE - Managing Up the Political Channels – Ensuring Important Issue Awareness

Vanessa van Uden, Former Mayor of Queenstown Lake District Council 

10.10am

Managing Legal Risks in a Changing Landscape

Charlotta Harpur, Rice Speir

10.35am

Morning Tea

11.00am

CPEng and Complaints - Update from Engineering New Zealand

Veronica Dessein, Engineering New Zealand

11.30am

Heaney & Partners Valuable Update on Recent Case Law 

Frana Divich, Heaney & Partners 

12.00pm

Using On-Site Quality Assurance (QA) Programs to Determine Compliance

Jeff Fahrensohn, Auckland City Council & Hasan Shueb, Dominion Constructors Ltd

12.30pm

Lunch 

1.30pm

Fire Compliance - Setting the Building Up for Success 

James Firestone, Fire and Emergency NZ

2.00pm

TBC 

2.30pm SBCO Forum 2024 end 



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