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First and foremost, we want to maintain a safe workplace and encourage and adopt practices protecting the health of employees, contractors, visitors or other stakeholders, as well as comply with other requirements imposed by or under the OHS legislation.
We plan to achieve this by providing health information and training as well as maintain and monitor health conditions of staff and contractors.
As a client and recipient of the tender proposal, you should expect for the tenderer to demonstrate their ability to execute and complete the work.
A soil foundation is necessary to support the building and the loads that are within or on the building. The combination of footing and foundation distributes the load on the bearing surface and keeps the building level and plumb and reduces settling to a minimum.
There are several simple methods involving the assessment of cost and benefits using. In this artilce we explore the "payback period", "cut-off period", "investment yield" and "return on equivalent annual investment" methods.
The Victorian Building Authority (VBA) collects information from building surveyors on the number, value and type of building permits issued each month. The Building Permit Activity Data provides information relating to each building permit issued in the Victoria and reported to the VBA for the period of 1 January 2016 to end of December 2016. Our planning experts have geo-located the permit information on an interactive map.
Councils and OHS requirements make it a condition of the building contract for the following temporary services to be supplied from the start of the building process
Inspect records of recent site-safety-walks:
- Site-safety-walks must be conducted by contractor’s senior management representative and at least one employee representative, at regular intervals at least fortnightly but more frequently if appropriate for activity on site.
- Site-safety-walks observe whether works are being undertaken safely; using correct procedures, equipment and tools.
- Confirm that observations have been recorded — usually on standard checklist from contractor’s OHS manual.
- Confirm that issues have been addressed.
- Confirm that site amenities are being maintained in hygienic conditions.
Inspecting Building Works
Confirm that the following high-risk construction work, is undertaken in accordance with pre-prepared Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS). For each SWMS there must be evidence by name or signature, that:
- The SWMS is appropriate for the specific site.
- Each person performing the work has been trained in the stated methods.
Who is Legally Responsible for OH&S? The law says: Your employer has the main responsibility to make sure that the workplace is safe and healthy.
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The six-step checklist below provides a basis for conducting an evaluation of the contract.
One of the more commonly misplaced and underestimated record of construction process is correspondence.
The Building Contractor’s obligation is to bring the Works to practical completion by the Date for Practical Completion. A failure to bring the Works to practical completion by that date will usually expose the Contractor to a claim for damages (usually “liquidated damages”) by the Principal.
The timely treatment of variations is important. The time periods for responses by the Superintendent and the Contractor are a critical part of managing variations. The timeframes are set out in a Variation Checklist.
(KPI) Key performance indicators are the clear indicator of a specific measurable activity or result that may be used to assess project performance. Targets or ranges of performance may be attributed to KPIs.
(KRA) Key Result Areas are used to provide meaning to the KPI value. KRA is an area of project operation in which the performance is of significant interest to the Contractor, Main Roads and/or other stakeholders.
Contract tendering has the potential to bring or win significant business for a construction business, it is also an opportunity for a client to carefully consider and select the right contractor for the project.
Basic BCA Performance Requirements and Provisions for Multi-Storey Buildings.
Product Certification is a a common baseline requirement for building products used in construction. The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is committed to ensuring best practice in the building and construction industry. In doing so, the ABCB owns and jointly manages two product certification schemes to provide a nationally consistent quality of materials and products.
We provide a variety of excellent quality commercial air conditioning brands to suit all manner of lifestyle and homes. We spend extensive timegoing through the HVAC types for our clients and the brand perfectly suits your commercial environment.
Step 1 - Determining possible suppliers:
You need to decide where to purchase the materials. You may choose a local supplier such as a timber yard or the usual supplier for your company. Sometimes a wholesaler will be able to meet your requirements.
Quotes are generally called from your company's usual suppliers because:
• the quality of their materials is known
• the bookwork is simplified
• they already work closely with your organisation.
In building construction, both during the period of quoting or estimating and also the construction period, by the very nature of the work, there will always be some unknown factors. The usual procedure is to allocate a cost against the unknown factor that will be validated at a later time.
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