Quality

Browse BIG's curated collection to help with compliance of the National Construction Code (NCC).

The NCC is a performance-based code, and sets the minimum required level for the safety, health, amenity, accessibility and sustainability of certain buildings.

Resources included in this collection are:
•    selected state and territories legislation
•    standards and tolerances guides
•    codes
•    codes of practice
•    NSW Fair Trading documentation
•    Design and Building Practitioner’s documentation
•    work licences and certificates
•    certificates of occupancy, and
•    building certifiers documentation

Australian Standards form a key component to reaching the Performance Solution, and Deemed-To-Satisfy (DTS) Solution, in compliance of the NCC.

The NCC Primary Referenced standards are available separately in the following sets:

NCC Primary References Set
NCC Primary References Plus Set
NCC Primary References Large Business Set

Trade Sets for Australian Standards are also available on BIG.

Technical qualifications for licensing: Queensland Building and Construction Commission licence requirements (QLD)

Sets out the technical qualifications required for each class of licence under Schedules 2, 3 and 3A of the QBCC Regulation.

Guidelines for inspection of class 2 to 9 buildings (QLD)

Provides building certifiers guidance on how to meet their responsibilities for sufficient inspections under the Building Act 1975 (BA) and the Building Regulation 2006 (BR).

Guideline for the assessment of competent persons (QLD)

Provides guidance for a building certifier assessing an individual as competent to perform certification functions that help the certifier perform building certification functions.

Certificates of occupancy: A guide to assist with issues relating to certificates of occupancy (QLD)

Provides guidance to local governments, building certifiers, building owners and other stakeholders about information to be included in a Certificate of Occupancy (CofO), formerly referred to as a Certificate of Classification (CofC) and where these certificates should be displayed.

Queensland Home Warranty Scheme: Product Disclosure

A summary of applicable cover, for contracts signed on or after 28 October 2016.

Fair Play for Home Warranty Insurance Pricing for Strata Remedial Works

SCA (NSW) strongly recommends a substantial revision in the insurance rate structure of HOWI for remedial works.

Strata Resilience Program (QLD)

The Strata Resilience Program (the Program) aims to assist eligible bodies corporate in coastal parts of Central and North Queensland to improve the resilience of their properties against cyclones.

Reporting On The Queensland Government’s Regulator Performance Framework 2022–2023

Lists evidence of how the QBCC’s regulatory practices and activities in 2022-2023 align with the Regulator Performance Framework practices.

Multi-Storey Residential Buildings: Warranty Insurance Exception

This practice note explains the exception from Domestic Building Insurance (DBI) requirements that applies to builders of multi-storey residential buildings.

Building, extending and renovating a home: A consumer guide (SA)

Information about your rights and how you can exercise them during the building process.