Guidance Note for Building Inspections- Checklist
Are you considering putting your property on the market? It is highly recommended you check your property for defects and any item that could be a potential turn off to a buyer before doing so. A checklist is a great tool [...]
Best Practice for Replacing a Steel Door Frame
The Problem: External steel door frames fixed in brickwork are susceptible to corrosion. This is often caused by mortar being packed solid behind the frame right down to slab level. The mortar backing will soak up moisture from the slab [...]
Best Practice for Completion with Zero Defects
The Problem: While the standard of construction in Australia has improved over the years the industry is still plagued by many projects with either poor quality or a mass of defects at the end of the project. In a typical [...]
Best Practice for Scope of Services for Design Consultants
The Problem: There have been many disputes with design consultants that could have been avoided, and project risk reduced, had client expectations been better documented. In most cases this boils down to the quality of the ‘Scope of Services’ in [...]
Best Practice for Scopes of Work for Trade Contractors
You can download 'Scope of Work for Trade Contractors' here: BPN No. 005 - Scopes of Work for Trade Contractors
Best Practice for Principal’s Compliance to WHS Act
The Issue: On a many building projects the ‘Principal’ will typically let a contract to a Builder (known as Principal Contractor under the WHS Act) and may also appoint a consulting Project Manager to manage the builder on behalf of [...]