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January Library Update

The BIG library is constantly growing with new content.

From Australian Standards to legislation, codes of practice to technical specifications, and everything in between, BIG holds the most current Building and Construction industry resources.

These are the new items recently added, or updated, in BIG for January 2025.


Bunk bed safety

Rest easy, bed bunk safety: A compliance guide to bunk bed safety for short-term rental accommodation

Short-term rental accommodation providers are encouraged to incorporate the new bunk bed regulation into their existing safety compliance programs as soon as possible.

Bunk Bed Safety Assessment Checklist: AS/NZS 4220:2003

This checklist is NOT the Australian Standard; it is an interpretation and is not intended to replace it.

Building extensions and renovations

Building, extending and renovating a home: A consumer guide (SA)

Information about your rights and how you can exercise them during the building process.

Home building insurance

Review of Residential Building Work Insurance Regulatory Settings: Final Report

The review responds to recommendations 16 and 17 of the Legislative Assembly’s Building Quality Inquiry which recommended that the ACT Government review the fidelity fund, the scheme’s prudential standards and report the findings of that review to the Assembly.

What is the Queensland Home Warranty Scheme (QHWS)
    
The Queensland Home Warranty Scheme is a not-for-profit statutory insurance scheme funded through premium payments and administered by the QBCC to cover homeowners for loss suffered if their contractor fails to complete contracted works or rectify defects.

The A-Z Guide Of Insurable Building Work (QLD)

This information is intended as a guide only as to the requirement for payment of an insurance premium and cover for loss suffered in respect of different types of building work for contracts entered into on or after 28 October 2016.

HBCF Builders Self Service Portal User Guide (NSW)
    
The Builder Self Service Portal was developed to allow builders to monitor and manage their NSW Home Warranty eligibility and HBCF policies online.

Home Warranty Insurance for Tasmania

The purpose of this paper is to consult with stakeholders, including both industry and consumers, on the development of a new model for home warranty insurance (HWI) in Tasmania.

Queensland Home Warranty Scheme: Premium Table For Construction Of A New Residence

Effective 1 July 2020.

Multi-Storey Residential Buildings: Warranty Insurance Exception
    
This practice note explains the exception from Domestic Building Insurance (DBI) requirements that applies to builders of multi-storey residential buildings.

Queensland Home Warranty Scheme: Product Disclosure

A summary of applicable cover, for contracts signed on or after 28 October 2016.

Fair Play for Home Warranty Insurance Pricing for Strata Remedial Works

SCA (NSW) strongly recommends a substantial revision in the insurance rate structure of HOWI for remedial works.

Residential Building (Home Warranty Insurance Amendments) Bill 2023 (TAS)
    
An Act to amend the Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016 and to consequentially amend the Building Act 2016, the Building Regulations 2016, the Occupational Licensing Act 2005 and the Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Regulations 2016. (TAS legislation.)

Compliance

Regulatory Impact Statement (NSW). Building Bill 2022: Part 3 - Building compliant homes
    
The Building Bill 2022 (the Bill) is part of the next stage of Construct NSW and is intended to ensure best practice regulation of all building work, complementing and supporting the broader building framework.

Reporting On The Queensland Government’s Regulator Performance Framework 2022-2023

Lists evidence of how the QBCC’s regulatory practices and activities in 2022-2023 align with the Regulator Performance Framework practices.

Resilient building

Strata Resilience Program (QLD)

The Strata Resilience Program (the Program) aims to assist eligible bodies corporate in coastal parts of Central and North Queensland to improve the resilience of their properties against cyclones.


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