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The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is a body that writes Australia's standardized building requirements, including the National Construction Code (NCC), WaterMark, and CodeMark. The ABCB is part of a joint endeavour by the Commonwealth , state and territory governments, and the country's plumbing and building industries.
The requirements concern the aspects of health, safety, accessibility, amenity and sustainability of the types of buildings that the code applies to. The Code is published by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) in service to the Australian Federal Government as well as State and Territorial governments of Australia.
A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for construction objects such as buildings and non-building structures. Buildings must conform to the code to obtain planning permission , usually from a local council.
In order to be eligible to work on Australian Government building and construction projects businesses must be compliant with the National Code of Practice. The National Code and Guidelines encourage a culture of best practice workplace relations and the compliance to all legal obligations and ethical tendering requirements.
Australian Construction Contracts govern how the parties to a construction contract behave and how the project manager and the contract manager administer the relationship between the parties. [1] There are several popular standard forms of construction contracts that are currently used in Australia .
The ABCC was established under the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 (Cth) (BCIIP Act). [ 3 ] The ABCC existed in a different form as the Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner between 2005 and 2012, and was replaced by Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC) between 2012 and 2016.
Fair Work Building & Construction (FWBC), or more formally the Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate [6] was an Government of Australia agency established by the Fair Work (Building Industry) Act 2012.
Green Star is a voluntary sustainability rating system for buildings in Australia.It was launched in 2003 by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).. The Green Star rating system assesses the sustainability of projects at all stages of the built environment life cycle.