On-site Insight

• Construction boosts Canberra's Growth
• The Hammer - Enterprise bargaining vs construction activity
• New provisions for handrails in houses and units
• Clarifying the confusion regarding the removal of less than 10sqm asbestos
• Sensible co-operative outcome achieved for our civil sector members
• Electronic lodgement of DAs now mandatory
• Securities register operating from January 2012
• Master Builders ACT welcomes John Nikolic to the IR team
• Building statisitics

• Buyers Face Tougher Finance for Some Developments
• 'The Hammer' - The 'Paperless' Society
• Waterproofing
• Weather Tightness and Roof Tiling are Inter-related
• Pilot Seminar on Presonal Property
• Further Challenges for Industry if DV306 is Implemented
• Handbook on using On-Site Renewable Energy
• Tenders Called for Majura Parkway
• R&D Tax Incentive all set to support Australian Business

• ABCC launches Finishing Trades Audit
• New comments by "The Hammer"
• Painting in Colder Conditions
• Fixing of Windows and Doors - Critical issues to consider.
• ACTPLA increases building levy but abolishes some inspection fees
• ABCC wins more than $300,000 fines and costs against CFMEU over illegal WA strike
• Changes to Building Approval Process
• High Speed Rail Network back on Governnment Agenda
• Gungahlin office building gets priority while Civic on backburner
• Roll out of the ACTEW Corporation Plumbers Accreditation Scheme

In this issue:

• Unions now able to strike before bargaining
• Coalition to fight independent contractor changes
• Building quality still a topical issue
• High risk work licences
• CFMEU Penalised over blockade
• Ceiling Framing Systems
• Internal Wet Area Water proofing failures
• Proposed changes to national construction code 2012

• ACT Government policy: - the coming of an IR compliance audit
• Government expecting big windfall from Lease Variation Charge
• INDEPENDENT RESEARCH SAYS CO-LOCATED OFFICE IS A WINNER
• Territory and Federal Budgets a mixed bag for building industry
• Proposed abolition of the Australian Building and Construction Commission.
• Gungahlin Community Health Centre
• Quality of Building Work and Water Ingress
  are inherently related
• ACT’s LEAKY BUILDING SYNDROME

Our second Edition of Onsight Insite 2011 will be covering New Disability Access Requirements from 1 May 2011.

• Master Builders Association is curently discussing options for transitional provisions with ACTPLA
• Issues to be considered by architect, developers & building certifiers
• Master Builders will be delivering training for members on the changes to BCA 2011
• Frequently Asked Questions

• Change of Use Charge changes to proceed
• Water Tanks and Onsite Issues
• Tune Up Canberra saves greenhouse gases and dollars
• Construction Safety – Safer Workers
• Changes to the Master Builders ACT Home Building Contracts
• ACT Government proposes changes to Workers Compensation Act
  Building Energy Assessor Licensing
• Timber Framing
• ACT capital works oversight changes
• Stanhope blasts land release delays
• Ozhelp Building Naming Ceremony
• Welcoming Jason Grieves to the Master Builders ACT
• Changed GST Rules on Property

• Union Right of Entry
• Draft Variations to the Territory Plan
• ACTPLA Report on Quality of Building Work in the ACT
• BUILDERS - get your act together OR RISK A FINE!
• Shakeup for ACT feedin tariff scheme
• Consultations on Canberra’s long-term plan
• Private Bushfire Shelters
• Master Builders resists union applications to increase paid leave
• Master Builders backs Live in Canberra campaign

• Master Builders seek solutions to building quality concerns
• Precast Concrete Flooring - We must get it right!!!
• Age Old Problem for a Fledgling Trade – Waterproofing Comes of Age?
• Builders and Designers Ensure That Client-Agreed Specified Products are used
• Training for new energy assessment regime
• Mandatory Fall Protection will now be required at 2 metres
• ACTPLA hands unit title assessment to private sector