National Online Consenting
The New Paradigm
A GeoBuild™ Project
An Interoperable Approach
Working towards a smarter
building system
August 2012
The Building and Construction Sector Today
10%
2010 - building and construction
contributed ~4% of NZ GDP
approximately the same as agriculture
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
NZ
AU
UK
USA
Employment
Building
$1 spent on
construction = $3 of
economic activity in NZ
Build $1
Make
$3
Building and Construction Productivity Partnership, Productivity Roadmap March 2012
Sector employs 1 in
12 workers in NZ.
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Building and Construction Sector Challenges
Productivity declining
vs. other sectors and
internationally
Inefficient
inconsistent
consenting
High
procurement
& construction
costs
Low skill level
Fragmented
approach to
technology
Sector dominated by small
businesses 90% < 5 staff
21% sole traders
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The Programme
A national information exchange “framework” that digitises
building, geographical and environmental data and information
which is available online to users
GeoBuildTM is not an IT project, it is a strategy for technology
solutions or activities affecting the whole environment to be
standards based, open, interoperable and reusable across
organisations.
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Why?
Reusable
Data
Open
Data
Standard
based
Data
Holistic
Interoperable
Building and Construction System
= Performance & Productivity
The GeoBuild™ Programme takes a holistic, strategic and
interoperable approach to the building and construction “system” to
encourage the improvement in performance and productivity.
1) Building and Construction Productivity Partnership, Productivity Roadmap March 2012
GeoBuild™ – an Interoperable Whole Environment Information Model
MCDEM
Ministry of Civil Defense &
Emergency Management
NIWA
National Institute of Water
and Atmospheric Research
MBIE
Ministry of Business Innovation
and Employment
LANDCARE
Environmental Research
MFE
Ministry for the
Environment
NZTA
New Zealand
Transport Agency
GNS Science
Earth,
geosciences
and isotope
research
PRIVATE
SECTOR
LINZ
LIFELINES & UTILITIES
Land Information New Zealand
Cadastral and Geospatial information
LOCAL COUNCILS
REGIONAL COUNCILS
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There are currently three components to the
GeoBuild™ Programme:
A National Online Building Consent System – led by
Building and Housing
Acceleration of the use of Building Information
Modelling (BIM) – joint Building and Housing /
Productivity Partnership
An enhanced national and local Geospatial Information
Strategy (GIS) – led by LINZ
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GeoBuildTM – Reusable data “Kernel”
Building
Information
Modelling (BIM)
3D+
Geospatial
Information
Modelling
Systems
(GIS)
GeoEd
National
Online
Consenting
System
(OCS)
GeoCDEM
GeoHealth
GeoConsumer
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Financial Benefits
• National Online Consenting sector-wide savings
• Building & construction productivity gains from the
use of BIM (minimum 5.5% of 2011 non-residential
$67m pa 2
$182m pa 3
construction)
• Additional economic benefits from access and reuse of
existing national location based information
$481m pa 4
• Total projected annual benefits
Total $730m pa
• Productivity Partnership goal to increase sector
productivity 20% by 2020
$3B pa GDP
2) DBH Online Consenting Business Case 2009
3) This broadly aligns with the Allen Consulting report (2003)
4) LINZ website
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Value Proposition
Additionality- Generating new opportunities
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Key Project: National Online Consenting System
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Key Programme: National Online Consenting System
Project Outcomes
• ‘End to end’ processing of consents using standard forms and consenting
processes
• Applicants receive a common experience, regardless of which BCA
processes their consent application.
• It will enable;
- faster project approvals,
- more predictable outcomes, and
- foster improved collaboration between industry professionals.
• Aligns with the BCO national competency assessment framework
• Compliment and align with the Building Act review of the consenting system
• It also aligns with Multi-proof.
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National Online Consenting – transformational catalyst
Infrastructure
Modelling
Building Information
Modelling
Built
Environment
Information
Modelling
National
Online
Consenting
System
Whole of Environment
Geospatial Information
Modelling
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Consent Submission Portal
Consent Submission Tracking
Consent
Communications
Consent Workflow Processing
Building Information
Modelling
Councils Regulatory
System
Final Approval Code Compliance
Electronic Onsite Inspections
Key Programme: National Online Consenting System
Drivers
Auckland super city is an opportunity to move the largest BCA to electronic
consent processing
Earthquake recovery programme in Christchurch requires a new level of
consent processing
Wellington is evaluating shared services
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BIM
Residential
Digital
Consent
Lodgement
Interoperability of
data underpins
GeoBuildTM
optimisation
BIM
Commercial
GeoBuildTM – National Online Consenting
2 years
2-5 years
5-10 years
$67m pa1
1) DBH Online Consenting Business Case 2009
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Key Programme: National Online Consenting System
Projected Direct Benefit
Based upon the 2009 Business Case[1] and adjusting for inflation, the revised
benefits to applicants and BCAs is a minimum of $52.4 million per annum.
Early issue of CCC by one week =
$1,600 per week for large builders
$1,000 for smaller builders.[2]
A saving of just one week for all new houses consented in 2011 would be $14.9
million. No savings have been quantified for time savings for apartments or
commercial buildings.
Total projected minimum direct benefits arising from a National Online Consent
system are $67.3 million per annum.
[1]
[2]
Business Case for Online Building consents Project, Maven International Ltd, March 2009
Study Report SR 259 (2012), Value of Time Savings in New Housing, IC Page, BRANZ 2012
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Pilot Programme: National Online Consenting System
Plus representatives from:
• Provincial TAs
• Rural TAs
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Key Programme: National Online Consenting System
Next steps
• Develop and confirm GeoBuild™ programme governance structure
• In conjunction with LINZ, Develop a GeoBuild™ programme paper for
submission to the Cabinet Strategy Committee
• Implement sector engagement and communication plan
• Undertake sector consultation and finalise Statement of Requirements for
National Online Consenting System
• Finalise GeoBuild™ Programme Plan
• Finalise National Online Consenting Project Plan
• Undertake initial Interoperability Standards workshop 28th August
• Present GeoBuild™ at Digital Earth Summit 2nd – 4th September
• Present GeoBuild™ at LGNZ workshop 9th September
[1]
[2]
Business Case for Online Building consents Project, Maven International Ltd, March 2009
Study Report SR 259 (2012), Value of Time Savings in New Housing, IC Page, BRANZ 2012
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The GeoBuild™ Horizon
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