Confusion rules: Design and Building Act explained

When it came to tightening quality control of building work, it was always likely that the new NSW Design and Building and Practitioners Act would have unintended consequences.

The Act is a cornerstone of Building Commissioner David Chandler’s efforts to set a benchmark for all building work, whether it’s done by a licensed builder or an ambitious hobby renovator.

But new rules and regulations were always going to create ripples in an area that has previously been characterised by lack of controls, restrictions or responsibility for consequences.

Just a quick scan of our Forum Posts will lead you to numerous questions about what it all means and how it has made apparently basic renovations and improvements much harder to organise and more expensive to complete.

Fortunately, our strata legal sponsors Bannermans Lawyers have dived into this murky pond and emerged with three articles that should answer most if not all of your questions.

Just click on the links below the questions and that will take you to the factsheets on the Bannermans website.

1. Do existing projects need to comply with the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020? Click HERE.

2 How can everyone in the industry, including builders, engineers, insurers, lawyers and owners on implement the new rules and regs? The recent NSW Supreme Court decisions on Goodwin, Pafburn and Boulus Construction  provides some much needed clarity. Click HERE

3. Does urgent work still need to comply with the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020? Click HERE.

For further information and advice, log on to Bannermans.com.au.