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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23 July / Update
Environmental Management Plan (Version 7)

The Environmental Management Plan (EMP) has been revised and is now available in the Doc Library.

The plan has been restructured for clarity, updates content against current legal and other requirements, and reflects our current management approach.

What's new

  • Community complaints
  • Spill prevention and response
  • Unexpected finds
  • Environmental testing and monitoring


Revised content

  • Project team responsibilities revised, including Team Leader
  • Subcontractor responsibilities moved into a standalone section
  • Incident management, including the incident management flowchart
  • Monitoring section restructured to consolidated inspections, audits, corrective actions, testing and performance


What do project teams need to do?

  • Use Version 7 for all new Environmental Management Plans
  • Review existing project documentation and update if the project has >3 months remaining
  • Familiarise site teams with new sections
  • Refer to the Environmental Project Legislation Register when identifying applicable legal and other requirements

If you identify opportunities for improvement, please send feedback to Hutchies' Systems Team.


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