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Building Control – From Monopoly to Free Market to Hindsight
Business
Wednesday July 20 2016

Building Control – From Monopoly to Free Market to Hindsight

Building control law reform and building regulatory developments post-1993 - what worked, what failed, what was learnt and what wasn’t learnt.

Should 116 Construction Standards be Withdrawal?
Business
Tuesday October 6 2015

Should 116 Construction Standards be Withdrawal?

As concern about dangerous and non-conforming products within the Australian construction sector grows, moves to withdraw more than one hundred construction standards are raising concern.

NSW Developers to be Hit with Defects Bond
Business
Wednesday September 9 2015

NSW Developers to be Hit with Defects Bond

Developers in New South Wales will be hit with a two per cent bond to cover the costs of building defects under proposed new laws designed...

Is Australia’s Building Control Regime Failing?
Business
Monday July 27 2015

Is Australia’s Building Control Regime Failing?

If any reminder about the need for adequate levels of building control during construction of houses, offices, apartments, hospitals and shopping centres was necessary, recent media...