ASSOCIATION NEWS
EWPA NEWS Recently the EWPA held it’s AGM by both virtual meeting and electronic voting. The association had a good turnout all things considered. Some of the key points that came out of the AGM were: • Adoption of a EWPA run Trade day. • Moving annual subscription date to 1 April each year to align with the association financial year • Moving AGM date to align with the Trade day
EWPA Registered Inspector Programme The EWPA has a programme in place currently but is doing a major overhaul on it, in an effort to seek approval to be able to register, monitor and audit level 1 inspectors. The current overhaul is in its final stages and is entering the sensitive stage of finding it’s place in the market.
EWPA Trade Day The inaugural Trade Day is going to be held on Wednesday the 17th February 2021 at Hampton Downs Raceway, just south of Auckland and just north of Hamilton. This is a day for OEM’s and distributors, including servicing companies and related products and services to exhibit and promote themselves to EWPA members and EWP users. The day will be open to anyone to attend for a cost yet to be confirmed. Attendees not only get to see the latest and greatest at the trade show but get an all-day lunch and the chance to compete for a special trophy and prize if they are the fastest at the Go Karts (one free attempt). This should be a great day and allow construction companies, tradies and
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hire companies to meet with the specialists in EWP’s. The EWPA AGM will also be run at the same time as the Trade Day. Furthermore, an after party is still in the planning back in Auckland for all attendees later in the evening. More to follow on this in the coming month. ■
There has been widespread concern and aggravation in regards to the current inspector programme, more around the prerequisites and delays in getting applications through. This is out the hands of the EWPA but our upgraded programme may be able to offer not only an alternative process but certainly a smoother one. As mentioned, this is entering a sensitive stage of the development and we ask that you bear with us as we push ahead. cbip There is a special meeting being held in Auckland on the 25th November (probably at the time of this magazine going to print). This meeting will be to discuss ways to improve quality of applications for certification, applicants’ behaviours when communicating with CBIP Business and administrations staff, reluctance to abide by CBIP guidelines, and the future of CBIP and the rapidly changing needs of the inspection industry. EWPA will have the CEO and a board member at the meeting and will be voicing the concerns of our members and that of HIANZ also. More dedicated communications will follow together with the RI programme subjects in the near future. ■
