Practice alert: Liability under the Building Act for inaccurate PS4
2 December 2024: An important message about potential criminal liability under the Building Act for inaccurate PS4 producer statements.
Practice alert: Use of PS4 producer statements
6 August 2025: An important message about the use of PS4 producer statements.
Producer statements and quality documents – online form
The revised producer statements and quality documents will significantly improve engineers’ and consenting authorities’ quality assurance and administrative processes. And, for the first time, the documents are hosted online – with benefits such as real-time updates, cross-population of fields and greater consistency nationwide.
Guidance for producer statement policies
The authors of producer statements, and their employers, can face significant liabilities when the work associated with the producer statement is judged to not be up to acceptable standards. This guidance note details how firms and individuals can navigate issues that may arise as the result of issuing producer statements.
A series producer statements
The A series is for an engineer to use for designs where a building consent is not required.
Producer Statement PS1 – Design
A Producer Statement for Building Consent Authorities for the issue of a Building Consent or a Code Compliance Certificate, without having to duplicate design or construction checking undertaken by others.
Producer Statement PS2 – Design Review
A Producer Statement for Building Consent Authorities for the issue of a Building Consent or a Code Compliance Certificate, without having to duplicate design or construction checking undertaken by others.
Producer Statement PS4 – Construction Review
A Producer Statement for Building Consent Authorities for the issue of a Building Consent or a Code Compliance Certificate, without having to duplicate design or construction checking undertaken by others.
Producer Statement Guidelines
Guidelines to encourage consistent, reasonable and appropriate practice in issuing and accepting producer statements originating from Chartered Professional Engineers (CPEng).
Letter in lieu – construction monitoring template
This letter template may be used in lieu of a PS4 for clause B2 – Durability. The purpose of this letter is to confirm that direct construction monitoring has been limited.