New Plymouth — New Plymouth District Council has succeeded in securing the $10 million required to build a world centre for the works of celebrated New Zealand artist Len Lye.

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New Plymouth — The TSB Showplace and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery have been confirmed as earthquake prone following detailed engineering evaluations.

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New Plymouth — About 100 public and Council buildings and structures have now had initial evaluations for how well they would stand up to an earthquake.

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New Plymouth — Further investigations are to be done on five Council buildings following an initial evaluation of how well they would stand up to an earthquake.

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New Plymouth — Investigations continue this week on the best way to repair Yarrow Stadium’s storm-damaged roof.

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New Plymouth — 1 March is bringing changes to all homeowners who are undertaking significant building or renovation work.

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Stratford — Under the Building Act 2004 Council is required to be an accredited Building Consent Authority in order to process Building Consents.

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Stratford — The Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP) scheme comes into effect from 1 March 2012.

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New Plymouth — The Government will provide a $4 million grant for the Len Lye Centre project which is to be built immediately adjacent to New Plymouth’s Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson announced.

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New Plymouth — When it comes to resource consents, and building consents and inspections, New Plymouth District Council leads the way.

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New Plymouth — New Plymouth’s Te Rewa Rewa Bridge has been shortlisted for a hotly contested international award for footbridges.

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New Plymouth — An independent survey of councils around the country has New Plymouth District Council at the top for its building services.

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New Plymouth — Do you have any burning questions about building, budgeting or energy saving around the home? This year’s Taranaki Daily News Home and Lifestyle Expo is seeking questions from the public for a team of experts to answer during the three-day event at TSB Stadium in April.

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Taranaki — Thousands of people in New Plymouth District are leading healthier lives thanks to Healthy Homes Taranaki.

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New Plymouth — Preparations to repair tornado damage to Placemakers’ building has seen part of the top route of the Coastal Walkway closed to pedestrians for a few days.

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Taranaki — South Taranaki second council to get accredited Building and Construction Minister Clayton Cosgrove has congratulated South Taranaki District Council on being the second local authority, after Palmerston North, to gain accreditation as a building consent authority under the government’s tough new rules to help ensure buildings are designed, built and inspected right the first time.

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New Plymouth — Building and Construction Minister Clayton Cosgrove today released the Licence Card that will be issued to Licensed Building Practitioners from November this year, an important next step in the reform of the building and construction sector.

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