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Waterproofing practices in Australia for building construction 2018 cover

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Waterproofing practices in Australia for building construction

Version: 2018. (Current)

This paper aims to discuss Standards and Codes; membrane systems and performance, waterproofing practices, design and installation techniques, inspection and testing and quality assurance adopted by the waterproofing industry in Australia.

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… MATEC Web of Conferences 195, 01002 (2018) ICRMCE 2018 https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201819501002 Waterproofing practices in Australia for building construction Rasiah Sriravindrarajah1,* and Elizebeth Tran1 … failures in both commercial and residential buildings. This paper aims to discuss Standards and Codes; membrane systems and performance, waterproofing practices, design and installation …

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… MATEC Web of Conferences 195, 01002 (2018) ICRMCE 2018 https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201819501002 … to the manufacturer’s specifications by the licensed and approved applicators. Building Code of Australia (BCA) sets the minimum health, safety and sustainability requirements in the … meet deem to satisfy the performance requirements by following BCA Code 3.8.1 [5] construction practices or as outlined in AS3740 [1]. It is common practice in the building industry to meet …

Psychological health and safety in the workplace 2024 cover

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Psychological health and safety in the workplace

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Safe Work Australia

Version: 2024. (Current)

Mental health conditions account for an increasing proportion of serious workers’ compensation claims, and have garnered significant attention over recent years as awareness of their impact on individuals and workplaces has grown.

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… physical harm).1 People who are exposed to psychosocial hazards at work are at greater risk of developing a work-related psychological injury, and poorer mental health outcomes. 1 … amending the model WHS Regulations to deal with psychosocial risks and publishing a model Code of Practice on Managing psychosocial hazards at work. Continuing to build the capability of PCBUs, …

Building Confidence: How to use engineers to improve building and construction 2020 cover

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Building Confidence: How to use engineers to improve building and construction

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Engineers Australia

Version: 2020. (Current)

Engineers Australia convened a building industry working group to develop a paradigm for good practice of engineers across the building sector.

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… architect or building designer with specialist advice and develops the concept for and details of engineering systems. The engineer supports the builder with specialist advice on how to … with specialist advice on the compliance of engineering systems with the National Construction Code (NCC). No matter who commissions professional engineering services, the engineer must … serving the community above all. In doing so, the engineer is to demonstrate integrity, practice competently, exercise leadership, and promote sustainability, all of which requires the …

Digitalisation of Construction: Industry Report on Digitalisation of Design and Construction of Class 2 Buildings in New South Wales 2021. cover

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Digitalisation of Construction: Industry Report on Digitalisation of Design and Construction of Class 2 Buildings in New South Wales

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NSW Government

Version: 2021. (Current)

This research project set out to review the state of digitalisation of the class 2 (multi-unit) building sector of the NSW construction industry with specific reference to the production of design drawings and as-built drawings.

Building Confidence: Improving the effectiveness of compliance and enforcement systems for the building and construction industry across Australia 2018. cover

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Building Confidence: Improving the effectiveness of compliance and enforcement systems for the building and construction industry across Australia

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Australian Government

Version: 2018. (Current)

Commissioned in 2017 by the Building Ministers’ Forum (BMF) to assess the effectiveness of compliance and enforcement systems for the building and construction industry across Australia and to examine a range of issues outlined in comprehensive terms of reference for their work. in particular the report focusses in a succinct way on shortcomings in the implementation of the National Construction Code (NCC).

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… Contents Foreword 1 Executive Summary 3 Summary of Recommendations 5 Background 6 The Terms of Reference Consultation Review of previous reports … 6 6 6 7 Introduction 9 A performance-based approach to building regulation Modern construction practices for multi-storey residential buildings The role of the private building surveyor The … fire safety design Recommendation 9—Integrity of private building surveyors Recommendation 10—Codes of conduct for building surveyors Recommendation 11—Role of building surveyors in …

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… for the building and construction industry. It includes our recommendations for a national best practice model which will strengthen the effective implementation of the National Construction Code. You commissioned our expert advice in August 2017. Throughout the process, you engaged …

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… Summary In mid-2017 the Building Ministers’ Forum (BMF) asked us to undertake an assessment of the effectiveness of compliance and enforcement systems for the building and construction … focusses in a succinct way on shortcomings in the implementation of the National Construction Code (NCC). They will not come as a surprise to the BMF or building industry stakeholders as … and enforcement systems that incorporate our recommendations represent a national best practice model that will strengthen the effective implementation of the NCC. A wide range of …

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… Across the globe, in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, the UK is undertaking a review of its building regulation system. In … [UK] system of regulation, covering what is written down and the way in which it is enacted in practice, is not fit for purpose, leaving room for those who want to take shortcuts to do so”.5 … Territories to continue in existence and provide for the operation of the Australian Building Codes Board 2017. Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is a standards writing body that is …

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… Introduction A performance-based approach to building regulation The NCC is one of the most important initiatives of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). Many have … be constructed, the NCC states how a building or building element is required to perform. The code sets out explicit objectives, listed as a hierarchy of requirements. It is not intended to … to be contrasted with traditional prescribed building codes that mandate specific construction practices. There are clear economic and aesthetic benefits to a performance-based approach: new …

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… Confidence in the NCC requires an effective disclosure regime. It needs to incorporate a number of elements. The public should be able to see how governments enforce the NCC. Decisions made … of interest with developers, builders or owners. “The “Deemed to Satisfy” provisions of the Code have long been standard practice. However, in the “Performance Based” solutions provisions there is great latitude and …

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… “The private building surveyor regime has led to a culture of complacency and an element of not rocking the boat or biting the hand that feeds you. The … around the country is that they are expected to undertake enforcement related to the poor practices of private building surveyors without being adequately resourced. They also argue that … be achieved through statutory controls to mitigate conflict of interest (Recommendation 9), a code of conduct (Recommendation 10) and mandatory reporting obligations (Recommendation 11). The …

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… A better system of harmonisation A common theme in our consultations was the call for greater harmonisation in … to pursue improvement, it should be seeking a commitment to develop a model NCC Administrative Code to harmonise expectations regarding the aspects identified in the terms of reference for … jurisdictions and their appreciation for each other’s systems. The dissemination of good practice will be enhanced. Under the most recent ABCB Intergovernmental Agreement (ABCB IGA), …

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… is merit in this approach. Well-run industry accreditation can ensure that the competencies of practitioners are tailored to their area of work and can alleviate state or territory … Building practitioners operate in a dynamic environment. New products, technologies and practices are actively encouraged through the performance-based NCC which, itself, is amended … to undertake compulsory Continuing Professional Development on the National Construction Code. Implementing the recommendation Regulators need to have mechanisms to identify common …

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… Recommendation 8—Collaboration with fire authorities in the development of fire safety design The problem identified Fire authorities play a role in the building … has been endorsed by the fire safety industry and is published by the ABCB.16 It contains best practice for the development of fire engineering designs and includes an obligation to engage … for fire engineers and building surveyors would be to formulate a nationally consistent code of conduct for fire engineers and building surveyors based on the IFEG. A failure to comply …

Construction Workforce’s Mental Health: Research and Policy Alignment in the Australian Construction Industry 2023 cover

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Construction Workforce’s Mental Health: Research and Policy Alignment in the Australian Construction Industry

Version: 2023. (Current)

The Australian construction industry is facing a mental health crisis; poor mental health indicators are significantly higher than the all-industry average. This paper addresses the knowledge gap by reporting the results of a systematic review of peer-reviewed mental health research and reveals significant misalignment between existing research and Australian government regulation.

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… Buildings 2023, 13, 335 2 of 18 from co-workers rather than their managers [12,13]. Poor mental health has also been … Australia is governed by a range of construction occupational laws, regulations, standards, and codes of practice. In Australia, these include the SafeWork [17], WHS-Act [18], SafeWork [19], FairWork …

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… Buildings 2023, 13, 335 6 of 18 of “fit” between the selection criteria and the articles and confidence in the validity of … process. In stage two, Australia’s construction occupational standards, laws, regulations, and codes of practice were analysed using a deductive content analysis approach identical to stage 1 to …

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… Buildings 2023, 13, 335 7 of 18 In this equation, M and N represent the total number of the mental risk factors and risk … respectively. Overall, the level of similarity between the selected laws, regulations, and codes of practice in Australia and research literature regarding the identified mental risk factors was …

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… Buildings 2023, 13, 335 9 of 18 Table 3. Mental status assessment method. Mental Status Assessment Method Publications … Mental Health Risk Factors In Australia, construction occupational laws, regulations, and codes of practice such as SafeWork [17], WHS-Act [18], SafeWork [19], FairWork [20], ConstructionWorkAct …

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… Buildings 2023, 13, 335 10 of 18 Table 4. Cont. Mental Risk Factor Documents Safety Concerns Work Schedules Alcohol and … 5 illustrates mental risk assessment methods recommended by the reviewed laws, regulations, and codes of practice. Table 5. Suggested mental risk assessment methods in the retrieved laws, regulations, …

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… Buildings 2023, 13, 335 11 of 18 3.4. Stage 3 Results This section investigates the extent to which the retrieved laws, regulations, and codes of practice are aligned with research studies. The results of the LOS analysis in Tables 6 and 7 …

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… Buildings 2023, 13, 335 12 of 18 demand further exploration. For example, they may be attributable to the tenuous interface … which a number of authors argue exists between construction researchers and their fields of practice, which undermines the diffusion of research results into policy circles (see for … the construction professionals. The review also revealed that the construction regulations and codes have mainly focused on the impact of workplace-related factors on mental health, with less …

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… 335 and fatigue in the construction industry, and [84] demonstrated the ability and efficiency of wearable psychological/biological data collection devices for on-site measurement of … (disagreement) of the retrieved literature and 13 of 18 the selected laws, regulations, and codes of practice towards mental health risk factors and mental health risk assessment methods, …

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… Buildings 2023, 13, 335 14 of 18 For example, the policy focus on violence and traumatic events at work in Figure 3 is in … the above results are focussed on Australian mental health research and laws, regulations, and codes of practice. Similar comparative research at a microscale is needed in other countries to …

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… 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 17 of 18 Milner, A.; Spittal, M.; Pirkis, J.; Chastang, J.-F.; Niedhammer, I.; LaMontagne, A.D. Low … University Press: Oxford, UK, 2015; ISBN -10-. Safe Work Australia. Taking Action: A Best Practice Framework for the Management of Psychological Claims in the Australian Workers’ … 2017; ISBN 978-1-76051-302-3. Safe Work Australia. How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks, Code of Practice; Safe Work Australia: Canberra, Australia, 2018; ISBN 978-0-642-33301-8. Public …

An Exploration Of Factors Influencing Quality Management System (Qms) Implementation: The Case Of The Australian Construction Industry 2020 cover

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An Exploration Of Factors Influencing Quality Management System (Qms) Implementation: The Case Of The Australian Construction Industry

Version: 2020. (Current)

This research primarily aims to investigate an inclusive list of factors impacting on quality management system deployment in the construction industry building sector by focusing exclusively on the external factors and the critical success factors of project level in order to develop a comprehensive framework of quality management system deployment.

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… Government policies All respondents referred to the impact of government policies on the process of QMS execution. PB2 stated that: "Government policies … that vary, or have a state-based bias across different locations; examples of this would be the Codes of Practice which have state-based requirements. As an example, in the Case Study 2 project, …

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Return to work survey 2021

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Safe Work Australia

Version: 2021. (Current)

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Sanitary Plumbing and Drainage Pipe Sizing: Phase 2 2023 cover

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Sanitary Plumbing and Drainage Pipe Sizing: Phase 2

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Australian Building Codes Board

Version: 2023. (Current)

This report considers the research conducted previously on the current methods for sizing sanitary plumbing and drainage systems used within Australia and takes into account industry observations to propose improvements to these methods

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… 7. Consider the grades of pipes for each appropriate size as outlined in AS/NZS 3500.2:2021 (Standards Australia, … Verification Method utilised for pipe sizing should limit any changes to current installation practices where possible. 8. Produce staging plan to address the objectives of Phase 2. 2.2.3 … drainage pipe sizing methods. This report is intended to be reviewed by the Australian Building Codes Board and Hydraulic Industry working group which includes other qualified and reputable …

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… System 12056.2:2000 Key Findings Potentially facilitates the design of single stack modified systems for tall buildings 15 floors) that would otherwise exceed the … 17. Table 17: Countries that use System I, II and III Design (Whitehead, 2002) System Typical Practice in: I Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium II Scandinavia III United Kingdom Australian Building Codes Board Sanitary Plumbing and Drainage Pipe Sizing | 02 | 5 July 2023 | Arup Australia Pty …

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… Table 35: Analysis of Reported Capacities for Square and Swept entries for BS EN 12056.2:2000 Primary and Secondary … or have however, provides no further guidance and instead di national and local regulations and practice Australian Building Codes Board Sanitary Plumbing and Drainage Pipe Sizing | 02 | 5 July 2023 | Arup Australia Pty …

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… 0.4 Kitchen sink 0.8 0.6 Urinal wall-hung (including waterless), stall, or each 600 mm length of slab 0.8 0.5 Water closet 2 1.8 0.2 0.4 1.3 0.4 Floor Waste Gully (80mm or 100mm) 1.2 Sum of … not listed, or the provided DU value is considered to be outdated. Evidence of engineering best practice, careful consideration and experimentation demonstrating the real-life performance of … with C1P5 for pipe sizing is verified for the plumbing design whenAustralian Building Codes Board Sanitary Plumbing and Drainage Pipe Sizing | 01 | 9 June 2023 | Arup Australia Pty …

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… 0.4 Kitchen sink 0.8 0.6 Urinal wall-hung (including waterless), stall, or each 600 mm length of slab 0.8 0.5 Water closet 2 1.8 System III 0.4 1.3 0.4 Floor Waste Gully (80mm or 100mm) 1.2 … not listed, or the provided DU value is considered to be outdated. Evidence of engineering best practice, careful consideration and experimentation demonstrating the real-life performance of … ofa) Clause C2V1; or b) C2P1 3) The following limitations shall be applied- Australian Building Codes Board Sanitary Plumbing and Drainage Pipe Sizing | 01 | 9 June 2023 | Arup Australia Pty …

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Improving fire safety

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NSW Department of Customer Service

Version: 2021. (Current)

Industry report on reforms to improve fire safety in new and existing buildings.

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… producing better fire safety outcomes for the NSW community was not solely a responsibility of government, and that the industry itself has a significant role to play. It was suggested … Schemes.12 Having an association recognised under this Scheme would help to lift standards of practice within their membership and likely create opportunities for government and industry to … practitioners find it challenging to interpret relevant provisions of the National Construction Code (NCC) and Australian Standards. The working group noted that it would be beneficial for …

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