3 July 2017 / Legislation Alert

Certifier obligations that will affect your Practical Completion

As at July 1 2017 (QLD) if you don’t have a copy of the register for all essential fire services, special fire services and fire safety installations in full along with a mark-up plan showing the locations for ongoing future Building Owner Maintenance then the Building Certifier is not likely to issue the Form 11 Certificate of Classification in QLD. Certifiers not obtaining all documents from the Builder are open to prosecution by the QBCC as QFES notify the Commission of the Offence. Read more.

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6 August / Update
NCC Alignment with Disability Standards

The Australian Building Codes Board has updated the National Construction Code (NCC) to match changes in the Disability Standards. 

These updates started on 29 July 2025. The old standard (AS 1428.1:2009) is now replaced with AS 1428.1:2021.

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5 August / New
Digital POs & WOs

You can now issue Purchase Orders (POs) and Works Orders (WOs) electronically.

These tools have been built into Hutchies' Appian platform. This cuts down on duplication and helps track purchases better.

POs & WOs kick off our transition to digital contracts and simplified vendor engagement. We'll share more on the other new tools shortly

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