Problems Associated With The Building And Construction Commission

Previous reports on the construction industry have either been implemented incompletely, or the problems have persisted. The opportunity which exists now must not be missed (Chapter 1, paragraph 1.10). Implementation begins with clients. The Department of the Environment should be designated by Ministers as lead Department for implementing any recommendations of the Report which Ministers accept. Government should commit itself to being

There have been many catastrophic incidents involving fire throughout history with countless of lives lost and billions of dollars’ worth of damages. The lessons learned from these incidents have led to changes in the way we plan and how we build high-rise structures. These changes evolve into codes and building standards with people’s safety in mind.

Provide design information to: the principal designer (if involved), for inclusion in the pre-construction information and the health and safety file

This concept could be widely used in the construction industry to increase productivity, and also to enhance organization amongst partakers involved. If there were professionals trained in investigating and scrutinizing various actions employed while a construction project is underway, they could easily identify where there is scope of improvement, and also provide suggestions to improve its

Property Defects: In order to prove that a property defect exists, you will need an independent expert (someone not connected to either the contractor or the client) to provide testimony. The independent expert should completely understand the skills and experience required in order for their testimony to be valid in court (i.e. background in waterproofing or roofing for testimony on related

The main problem occurring through in the building industry, that the review is trying to address is building indemnity insurance. The paper explains reasons to why the private insurers are abandoning to provide indemnity insurance to contractors. In the year 2013, the final two insurers in South Australia terminated the distribution of building indemnity insurance. The private insurers persist to

The building code (BCA/NCC) provides requirements for some locations in Australia to build houses above normal standard or with special precautions to combat extreme weather, natural disasters and other such events. Research and identify a locality in Australia which has these additional requirements for the construction of new houses and present a report detailing:

The Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC) Principal Building Agreement is a document that is followed by building owners and industry participants to which portrays the consensus view of all the constituent members involved in terms of a fair contract. This document sets out “clear, balanced and enforceable procedures, rights and obligations which, when competently managed and administered, protect the employer, contractor and subcontractors alike” (JBCC, 2014). This essay aims to highlight the duties and responsibilities of the principle agent in the Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC) Principle Building Agreement, Edition 6.1. The essay will pay particular attention to the range of the principle agents duties, the pressure of the principle agent serving as both representative of the employer and as an independent professional, the nature of the

Negligence in law can be defined as “a failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances”. Regarding the construction industry it is of importance to understand the roles of the many skilled professionals involved, such as the architects, quantity surveyors, engineers, project managers etc. Each of these professions have a duty of skill and care, however no matter how cautious or adroit each professional is, there is always the possibility and risk of something going wrong meaning they may be liable to their clients and third parties for damage and loss through negligence. Establishing who’s at fault and to what extent can be a difficult task as claiming negligence against one profession will in turn involve consideration of the potential negligence of anyone else who may have been implicated.

One only has to visit sites like Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings (HADD)- http://www.hadd.com or Homeowners for Better Buildings (HOBB) - http://www.hobb.org to see how widespread shoddy construction is in the industry.

Executive construction partners are a highly regarded qualified team of associates which are comprised and dedicatedly driven to provide outstanding management depth, delivering a high quality construction service. We procure an enviable assortment of new residential development projects in the wider Sydney metropolitan area. Our level of expertise has led ECP ( executive constructing partners ) to undertake projects nationwide. ECP respond definitively, basically harnessing specified skills and competences to construct sustainable outcomes for our consultants and clients, taking into consideration the community and environment.

Offsite construction is the most efficient alternative to conventional methods and hence the government of U.K has adopted various offsite methods of construction since the twentieth century due to the increased housing demands and limited availability of skilled labour. In spite of the various benefits offered by the offsite construction methods, the growth has been slow in the construction industry. This research will focus on the various offsite construction techniques currently being used in the housing sector and various solutions to overcome the barriers that obstruct the growth of offsite construction in the housing sector. A survey questionnaire was set and send to various different professionals working in the construction industry such as contractors, designers and house builders in order to analysing the current situation of offsite construction in the housing sector. The wider usage of offsite construction techniques are inhibited by the high investment costs, delayed time, interfacing problem and delayed planning process. The current usage level of offsite construction techniques in the U.K housing sector is low compared to other countries. Based on the research findings, various recommendations and strategies have been put forward in order to gain visibility and credibility, of the offsite methods of construction in the housing sector.

Morledge, R, Smith, A, Kashiwagi, D (2006) Publisher; Blackwell, Place of Publication; Oxford, Building Procurement, p6.

Building is important structure for mankind. In general definition, building is a structure with a roof and wall, such as houses, factory and school. The different type of building is depend on the function, capacity and it size. So it will give the different design and material in the building structure. For certain building, there are many defect are need consideration for further action. According to Building Code of Australia (n.d), building defect is buildings out of warranty period, may not comply with these standards but must be judged against the standard at the time of construction or refurbishment. Example of defect are crack, damages or deteriorated brick wall and corrosion of aluminium windows. In addition, indoor air quality is important factor in designing good building. Factor of air quality is the quality and comfort of the furniture and the degree of occupant control over the environment. Poor air quality cause human illness, also lead to loss productivity of the occupants and costs may exceed the additional initial cost, if any new construction or renovation. It also may be short term to long term and range from minor irritation to life threating illness. Sick building syndrome is short term affect as soon as the people out from the building and building related illness is more critically than sick building syndrome because building may pollutant with hazardous chemical can caused cancer and Legionnaires’ disease. To improve

Construction industry is a risky and there is no other industry that requires proper application of business practices as much as construction industry. The main objective of this research is to gain understanding of risk factors faced by building projects. The study also aims to investigate the effectiveness of risk preventive and imitative methods. From this Research paper, we can find the most important risk factors are: financial failure of the contractor, Environmental risk like natural disasters, closure, defective design and delayed payments on contract. On the other hand, owner respondents concluded that the most important risk are: awarding the design to unqualified designer, defective design, occurrence of accidents, increase in material cost and inaccurate quantities.