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Research on featherweight housing exploring affordable, compliant and rapidly deployable construction solutions for Victoria’s housing challenges.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
Victorian Building Authority's 2023 to 2024 annual report, covering consumer-focused regulation, harms-based compliance approach, inspections and enforcement activity, industry reforms, and digital system improvements.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
Building work in Victoria often requires planning and building permits, which ensure projects are lawful, safe and compliant. Planning permits deal with how land can be used, while building permits confirm construction meets regulatory standards and
Created: 30 Jun 2026
Research on moisture resilience covering risks, impacts and strategies to prevent damage in building envelopes across Victoria.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
Understand enforceable undertakings with the BPC. Learn how building and plumbing practitioners can remedy defective works and resolve show cause notices.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
Detached building permits are unresolved permits where a building surveyor can no longer complete their role, leaving properties without a Certificate of Final Inspection or Occupancy Permit and potentially causing legal, financial and safety risks.
Created: 30 Jun 2026
The amended Victorian Security of Payment (SOP) Act applies retrospectively to construction contracts entered into before, on, or after 15 April 2026. However, these changes generally exclude payment claims served or adjudication applications made
Created: 30 Jun 2026
The SOP Act outlines a fast, cost-effective statutory process to help Victoria's construction contractors recover progress payments and performance securities without involving lawyers. Explains contract eligibility, covered work types, and the
Created: 30 Jun 2026
This outlines the Security of Payment (SOP) adjudication process in Victoria, which offers a fast and cost-effective way to resolve construction contract payment disputes. It provides claimants and respondents with essential guidelines on timelines,
Created: 30 Jun 2026
Research on thermal bridging assessing energy performance, heat loss and design improvements in Victorian apartment buildings.
Created: 30 Jun 2026