In June, the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) began an audit of about 170 high-rise buildings in inner Melbourne and immediately surrounding suburbs to ascertain whether...
In fact you are likely to come across even more ruthless and lawless payment behaviour precisely because it is a government job. This is because you will...
Fire regulations are under immense scrutiny as those charged with the responsibility of driving building regulatory change grapple with this very complex arena. So it’s very...
The incident, which took place in Melbourne’s Docklands district toward the end of 2014, saw the spread of a blaze from the sixth floor to the uppermost 21st floor of the...
The report issued by the Engineers Australia Multi-disciplinary Committee, entitled Defect-Free Construction in NSW; How It Can Be Achieved, claims New South Wales is currently...
It doesn’t look as though that voice will come from an industry association as could be construed from the ABC’s Madeline Morris interview with the MBA’s National CEO Wilhelm...
In contemporary office design, the open plan is often seen as a surefire route to greater productivity – it is a cheap and efficient use of space, while its...
Is the problem lax governance, ignorance of building codes or a culpable non-compliance or, most importantly, a failure to enforce existing regulations? The headline of the...
Thomas Butler of BVN Architetecture said "Working with Sapphie gave us great satisfaction knowing that the finished product would work seamlessly with our overall design and...
Fast forward to early May and despite the regulator spending a whopping $80 million on a nation-wide recall, only 15 per cent of the estimated cable supplied had been rectified...
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Builders or Sub Contractors who have not allowed for a specified item or who are looking for a reason to substitute a cheaper inferior product to solve the problem of...
