Posts Tagged ‘Building Act’

Nov
10

Overhaul of internal timber code

New regulations are proposed for internal housing timber. The Department of Building and Housing has released a consultation paper on a Building Code overhaul, saying rules need to be made easier. A spokeswoman said the department was proposing a simplified system for [ More ] [ Read More ]

Nov
9

Builders Support Building Act Review Changes

Planned changes to the Building Act requiring mandatory contracts for residential building work over $20,000 “make good sense”, the Registered Master Builders Federation Chief Executive, Warwick Quinn says.

“We have no problem with that,” he said. The already advocated contracts for [ More ] [ Read More ]

Nov
3

Building Act Changes Confirmed

As first proposed earlier in the year, the Government has announced it will legislate to make written contracts between building contractors and home owners compulsory for all residential building projects above $20,000.

The contracting party may be a designer who goes [ More ] [ Read More ]