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Improving Access to Critical and Authoritative Building Information
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| RFx ID : | 11217157 |
| Tender Name : | Improving Access to Critical and Authoritative Building Information |
| Reference # : | 545 |
| Open Date : | Wednesday, 22 April 2015 2:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00) |
| Close Date : | Thursday, 14 May 2015 5:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00) |
| Tender Type : | Request for Information (Market research) (RFI) |
| Tender Coverage : | Sole Agency [?] |
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| Required Pre-qualifications : | None |
| Contact : |
Connie Zhou connie.zhou@mbie.govt.nz 04-9018503 |
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| Agency Address : | NEW ZEALAND |
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking information on possible and innovative solution approaches to a business need in the Building Systems Performance branch of MBIE (the regulator). The business needs have been developed in partnership with Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Standards New Zealand (SNZ), and with significant input and guidance from key sector stakeholders such as Architectural Designers of New Zealand (ADNZ), Building Officials Institute of New Zealand (BOINZ), Certified Builders Association of New Zealand (CBANZ), Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ), New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) and Registered Master Builders of New Zealand (RMBNZ).
The construction sector is the fifth largest sector in the New Zealand economy. It employs over 170,000 people, 7.6% of the workforce. In 2010 it generated 6.3% of GDP (nominal). Of these 170,000 people, just over 12,000 are Architects, Designers, Engineers and Building Control Officials (practitioners) and are central to ensuring that New Zealand buildings are better, safer and healthier.
Currently, users (being practitioners) of the Building Code System have to navigate a variety of websites, search engines, helplines and forums to find the information they are looking for. Search engines and functionality on providers’ sites is variable – users often get a huge list of results rather than a refined set focussed on their search topic. Overall, users have trouble finding resources, seeing the relationships between these resources, understanding how it fits within the compliance framework and trusting a resource’s currency or authority.
The desired future state is to provide a portal (a single point of access) with supporting processes and business rules whereby practitioners involved in the design and/or construction process and will be able to discover and access authoritative and current Building Code System resources, presented in the context of the overall Building Code System.
This tender has been completed.
Further information:
Market research only.
Date RFx was completed/updated:
Friday, 15 May 2015 9:54 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
