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The Western Australia guide to standards and tolerances 2019 (the Guide) has been developed for use by builders and building owners as a convenient reference for acceptable standards of workmanship in residential building construction; it is intended to address areas that are not prescribed under legislation or under a home building contract.

This Act is called the Building Act 2011. (WA legislation.)

These regulations are the Building Regulations 2012.

Sustainable building design should consider durability, affordability, resource conservation, intra and intergenerational social equity aspects, and stakeholder’s perspective throughout its service life; this research has applied life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) framework to estimate the sustainability performance in terms of a single score, and to identify avenues for sustainability improvement strategies of buildings.

This is the Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2021. (WA legislation.)

Visa Availability for building and construction occupations in Western Australia.

The Building Commission has prepared this overview of the building approvals process to assist those in the building industry, home-owners, permit authority clients and staff, owner-builders and building industry students.

The purpose of the OGA’s General Design Standard is to formalise a set of objective, minimum provisions for design quality to use in the delivery of all public works.

As a subcontractor, it is your responsibility to fully understand your rights and obligations in the relationship with your head contractor under contract law, before you enter into any subcontracting arrangement.