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The QBCC recently communicated with all Category 4 – 7 licence holders requesting an additional annual financial report.

With three months until the 31 December 2019 deadline, it’s imperative to prepare your business right now.

The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is considering an out-of-cycle amendment to the 2019 National Construction Code (NCC).

From next month, the management of silica dust in Queensland will be specified in a newly finalised Code of Practice.

Anyone who watched Four Corners on Monday, 19 August could be forgiven for thinking that the majority of Australian residential apartments constructed in recent years are riddled with defects, covered in combustible cladding and leaking like a sieve.

Following the government’s announcement in July, the Regulation has now been changed to allow building certifiers to have an exclusion on their professional insurance (PI) indemnity policy up until June 2021.

Insurance premiums for residential construction work in Queensland increase by 3.85% from today.

The Queensland Government will introduce three significant changes to their procurement policy from Thursday, 1 August. If you currently tender for or perform state government work, you need to be aware of the changes.

PI Insurance, certifiers and the Building Ministers Forum meeting The outcomes of the recent Building Ministers Forum (BMF) are an important step toward addressing the ongoing issues with PI insurance and combustible cladding.

CertMark International Pty Ltd (CMI) has had its accreditation suspended under the CodeMark and WaterMark rules. While suspended they cannot issue any CodeMark or WaterMark certificates.