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Project Governance for Commissioning and Handover of Infrastructure

Project Governance for Commissioning and Handover of Infrastructure

November 8, 2024

Project governance lays the groundwork for successful asset management by ensuring that operational considerations are integrated from the initial design phase.

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Building Product Safety

February 15, 2022

The Australian Building Codes Board has developed a new Building Product Assurance Framework. The aim of the Framework is to help ensure that building products are used in a way that complies with the Australian National Construction Code (NCC).

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Defective Buildings – Reduce risks to apartments

January 31, 2022

Titled ‘Cracks in the Compact City: Tackling defective buildings in multi-unit strata housing’. The report highlights the problems for new strata owners, the costs for rectification and makes 30 recommendations for improvement.

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Managing Risks of Operations and Maintenance Manuals

December 7, 2021

A recent conversation with a Senior Project Manager for a major new project highlighted the lack of understanding about the importance of managing risks of Operations and Maintenance Manuals when handing over a new project.

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Building Industry decline in productivity – What can be done?

November 7, 2021

The COVID Pandemic has been a challenging time for all industry sectors. Governments around the world have spent or borrowed billions of dollars to support businesses and communities and are now seeking to recover the costs.