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The Victorian Building Industry gets a renovation - the Building and Planning Legislation Amendment (Governance and Other Matters) Bill 2013

  • Hunt & Hunt
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  • Australia
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  • June 18 2013

The Bill, currently awaiting formal assent, will amend the Building Act 1993, the Architects Act 1991 and the Planning and Environment Amendment

A rose by any other name? Proposed changes to the BSA and related legislation

  • Gadens Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • June 18 2013

Following a recent State Government inquiry, there are changes imminent for the Queensland Building Services Authority ("BSA") and some of the

From concept to completion: contract execution â“ some basic rules

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
  • -
  • June 18 2013

For a contract to be valid, binding and enforceable, it needs to be executed correctly. This article provides a short refresher on contract execution

Case update: EPCM contractors and agency law - a cautionary tale

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
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  • June 18 2013

In the construction industry, and particularly the oil and gas, energy and mining sectors, it is common for principals to appoint a third party EPCM

Topic in focus: managing contracts to minimise disputes

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
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  • June 18 2013

Whilst disputes may not be as certain in life as death and taxes, they are certainly not far behind. As Australia's most recent economic boom slows

Payment claims - do you really have a construction contract?

  • Rockwell Olivier
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  • Australia
  • -
  • June 10 2013

The Supreme Court of Queensland has recently tightened the definition of what constitutes a ‘construction contract’ for making a payment claim under

Introducing the Queensland Building and Construction Commission

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia
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  • June 7 2013

The Queensland Government has recently released a ten point action plan in response to the 41 recommendations made by last year's Parliamentary

Arrangements for installing sprinklers in residential Aged-Care Facilities

  • Gadens Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • June 5 2013

New laws took effect on 1 January 2013 requiring automatic fire sprinklers to be installed in all residential Aged-Care facilities in NSW

CFMEU liable for contempt in relation to the pickets at Grocon's construction sites last year

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 31 2013

Justice Cavanough of the Supreme Court of Victoria has handed down judgment in the applications brought by Grocon, against the Construction, Forestry

The industrial cost of construction

  • Lander & Rogers
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  • Australia
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  • May 31 2013

The last 12 months have seen a significant increase in the number and scale of industrial disputes across the country. Many of these disputes have