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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10 October / Update
Installation Details for Elephant's Foot & Wastech Bin Chutes

Make sure bin chute systems are installed correctly, following the tested systems and the manufacturers’ instructions.

Check the detailed drawings from Elephant’s Foot and Wastech for different wall types (plasterboard, shaft-liner, speed panel, concrete, Hebel, and masonry).

Any changes to the tested systems must be approved by your project certifier, signed off by the fire engineer in the fire engineering report (FER), and accepted by the relevant state / territory fire service.

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