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From 1 January 2025, principal contractors will be required to ensure the improved amenities including, on some projects, designated female toilets, are reasonably available on site.

If you were watching the latest season of the popular cooking competition, you may have noticed something a little different about the MasterChef Australia kitchen... which was that all twenty-two cooktops were powered by biomethane!

Every second year, Master Builders conducts research with our members, non-members and consumers to gain insights into how we can continue to evolve our products and services to provide value and support for our members and the industry into the future.

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) inspectors will be blitzing construction sites across Queensland between July and September 2024.

The nationwide ban on engineered stone came into effect on 1 July.

On 6 May, the Queensland Government confirmed engineered stone will be banned across the state from 1 July 2024, with no transition period for contracts entered into prior to 13 December 2023.

The Queensland Development Code (QDC) Mandatory Part (MP) 4.1 Sustainable Buildings Version 1.15 commenced on 1 May 2024. It provides Queensland specific variations to achieve 7 star energy efficiency.

The new requirements for energy efficiency in the National Construction Code (NCC) 2022 will come into effect on May 1.

QLeave is Queensland’s portable long service leave scheme for building and construction workers. They help your workers get the leave they’ve earned.

ANZAC Day this year falls on a Thursday, and we have received enquiries from members regarding work on and around Thursday 25 April 2024.