Executive Summary It has been one year since the Residential Apartment Building (Compliance and Enforcement) Act 2020 (‘RAB Act’) came into effect, giving the NSW Building Commissioner sweeping powers to enter construction sites and issue orders for the rectification...
Introduction Almost every construction contract will contain a retention clause to ensure that a contractor or subcontractor (as the case may be) properly completes their works by the date for practical completion, including by returning to site to rectify any defects...
New rules – DBP ACT & REGULATION Construction Legal’s director, Jessica Rippon, recently gave an informative presentation to the members of the Australasian Concrete Repair and Remedial Building Association on the recent Design Building Practitioners...
Executive Summary The Retail and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19) Regulation 2020 (No 3) (Regulation 3) expired on 28 March 2021, impacting protection offered to tenants of retail and commercial leases throughout COVID-19. This regulation protected tenants of...
Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW) The regulatory landscape of the building and construction industry in New South Wales (NSW) is set for major overhaul over the next 18 months as the “first pillar” of the NSW state government’s “six pillar” reform...
UPDATE: STANDARDS AUSTRALIA HAS CONFIRMED THAT AS11000 WILL NOT BE RELEASED, STATING THAT THE CONTRACT ‘WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE FULL SPECTRUM OF INTERESTS’. INTRODUCTION Standard Australia recently released a new draft General Conditions of Contract named...
