VIC – HENDRY building surveyors advise that the Building Commission has issued online videos of the recent Building Code of Australia 2013/ building regulations updates seminar. The videos are free and present in detail the changes… (
VIC - HENDRY building surveyors advise that the Building Act 1993 Part 3 ‘Building Permits Division 4 – Special Provisions Section 28: Historic Buildings and Special Buildings’ permits a building surveyor to issue a building permit for non-complying alterations sympathetic to the original building and the [...]
VIC – HENDRY building surveyors advise that the Building Regulations 2006 in Regulation 502 provides a significant design advantage for a building owner where the ownership of two or more contiguous (adjoining) allotments are in the same name (ownership). Significant cost savings can be made by requesting the building [...]
VIC – HENDRY building surveyors advise that the Victorian Government’s Department of Treasury & Finance has issued a wide ranging package of reforms to provide better protection to consumers for domestic building works with a quicker and cheaper resolution of disputes… (
VIC – HENDRY building surveyors advise that new legislation to establish the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) to oversee the regulation of the building industry will come into effect on 1 July 2013. The two new Legislative Bills can be viewed in
VIC – HENDRY building surveyors advise that building surveyors have a legal obligation to ensure that no harm to people or damage to property results from their actions. Liability for negligence therefore extends to the issue of occupancy permits for building work in accordance with [...]
VIC – HENDRY building surveyors advise that the Building Commission has issued new Practice Note PN 2013-05 titled ‘Swimming Pools and Spas and Safety Barriers’ for use by building practitioners. This comprehensive note is worth reading… (more)
VIC – HENDRY building surveyors advise that many clients have required us to provide due diligence audits to establish answers to questions under the Building Act 1993, Building Regulations 2006 and the Building Code of Australia (BCA). Some due diligence audits questions to building surveyors [...]
VIC – HENDRY building surveyors advise that the Building Commission has issued Practice Note 2013-65 ‘Flood Hazard Areas and Building Regulations’ to provide building practitioners with clarification of the new provisions in the Building Code of Australia (BCA) 2013 Volumes One and Two that relate [...]
VIC – HENDRY building surveyors advise that Section 12 of the Subdivision Act 1988 imposes implied easement rights over units on a particular plan of subdivision which the Building Regulations and Building Code of Australia (BCA) must allow for. To invoke this right, the subdivision [...]
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