Submission cover sheet
- Name of organisation or individual making this submission
Anonymous
Questions on possible options
- What kind of plans should be signed off and declared by a statutory declaration?
As built footing and reinforcing plans should prepared by a registered surveyor. This may require a new classification of registered surveyor for this work
- Should a statutory declaration accompany all variations to plans or only major variations?
All variations
- How should plans be provided to, or accessed by, the Building Commissioner?
Electronically through a portal
- In what circumstances would it be difficult to document performance solutions and their compliance with the BCA?
Dont know
- What would the process for declaring that a building complies with its plans look like?
series of compliance certificates
- What kind of role should builders play in declaring final building work?
should be providing a guarantee and maintain liability
- Which builders involved in building work should be responsible for signing off on buildings?
All involved
- Are existing licensing regimes appropriate to be accepted as registration for some builders and building designers, such as architects, for the new scheme?
builder and surveyor should be covered
- What should be the minimum requirements for a registration scheme?
annual with CPD
- What form of insurance should be mandatory for ‘building designers’? Why?
unknown
- What kinds of minimum requirements should be prescribed for the insurance policy (for example, value, length of cover, etc.)?
7 years
- What skills should be mandatory for ‘building designers’?
unknown
- Which categories of building practitioners should owe a duty of care?
Designer, builder and surveyor
- What should be the scope of the duty of care? Should it apply to all or certain types of work? If so, which work?
All
- What types of consumers should be owed a duty of care?
purchasers
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