Using a designer’s plans: copyright and permission to build
Building from drawings you did not produce is routine, but the right to copy, adapt and reuse them is not automatic. Check it before the first trench is dug.
12 min read
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Records
Articles and news about Records for Australian builders.
Using a designer’s plans: copyright and permission to build
Building from drawings you did not produce is routine, but the right to copy, adapt and reuse them is not automatic. Check it before the first trench is dug.
12 min read
Keeping safety records that defend your business
Safety records are the only proof that a control existed, a toolbox talk happened or an inspection was done. Keep them so they can be found, read and relied on years later.
10 min read
A WHS management plan sized for small builders
A WHS management plan is not a document you buy and file. It is the written version of how you control risk on a particular job, and it only works if it is short enough that you and your subbies actually use it.
11 min read
What records NSW builders must keep, and how long to hold them
Retention is where most building businesses quietly fail. The records exist; they are just not findable, not complete, or not held for the period the law requires.
13 min read
Recording injuries, near misses and toolbox talks: building an incident register that survives the job
Notification is the part everyone practises. The register is the part that decides whether you can reconstruct the job two years later, when the paperwork is all that is left of it.
13 min read
Lodging DBP declarations without holding up handover
A declaration is only as good as the documents behind it. Build the lodgement pipeline early, reconcile it against the regulated design, and handover stops being a race against the portal.
11 min read