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Quarterly Newsletter - Q1 2025
Last week we sent out our first Quarterly newsletter of 2025 - here is a link to read it online
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Apr 91 min read
London’s Olympic Village faces £432m fire safety bill after new defects uncovered
London’s former Olympic Village is facing a £432m fire safety bill after new defects were uncovered, its management company has said
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Apr 61 min read
Victorian Government proposes additional controls for high-risk building types
The Victorian government has opened consultation on a proposal to introduce two additional mandatory inspections
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Mar 241 min read
NSW Government releases thirteen pre-approved housing designs in “Pattern Book”
Thirteen new housing designs have been commissioned for the New South Wales Housing Pattern Book,
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Mar 31 min read
The importance of foundations: 161 Maiden Lane
What was supposed to be luxury high-rise living in the Financial District of NYC turned into a leaning tower.
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Feb 242 min read
GUIDE: How to create an Inspection and Test Plan (ITP)
A recent survey revealed that one of the most common Quality system issues that Australian contractors has is the struggle to get...
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Jan 216 min read
NTSB Accident Report into the Pedestrian Bridge Collapse Over SW 8th Street, Miami, Florida on March 15, 2018
A partially constructed pedestrian bridge crossing an eight-lane roadway in the city of Miami collapsed killing 6 and injuring 10
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Jan 192 min read
The "Red Tape" of Compliance is GOOD
building with compliant durable materials is key to surviving natural disasters
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Jan 141 min read
NSW Building Defects Library
The NSW Building Commission, has compiled a Building Defects Library to help the industry move on from making the same mistakes over and ove
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Jan 81 min read
Railroad bridge collapses into Marys River in Corvallis (USA)
A 19-car train was crossing the railroad bridge crossing over Marys River near Avery Park on Saturday afternoon January 4 when it collapsed.
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Jan 71 min read
NEWS: ABCB Forums in Melbourne on 19 March or online on 4 April 2024
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) invites you to attend their ABCB Forums.
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Mar 15, 20241 min read
Is BS99001 the ISO9001 for Construction?
BS 99001:2022 is a new British standard for quality management systems in the construction industry. 99001 is based on BS EN ISO...
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Jan 20, 20242 min read
Quality II - A new paradigm for construction
Professor Love argues that a different approach is required to Construction Quality - Quality II
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Nov 12, 20231 min read
CQA Chairman's Year in Review - 2023
CQA Chairman looks at what Construction Quality Australia (the CQA) has achieved over the past twelve months.
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Nov 5, 20232 min read
World Quality Week 2023 - Recognising Your Competitive Potential
This year's World Quality Week focus theme is: “QUALITY: realising your competitive potential”.
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Nov 5, 20232 min read
CQA Involvement in Water-shedding Community of Practice
The water-shedding principal is that all parts of a building contribute to control water.
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Nov 1, 20231 min read
Standard Australian Construction Industry Cause Codes for Product Non-Conformances (NCRs)
The CQA has developed a standard coding schema that the whole industry can use.
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Oct 31, 20231 min read
$700M bill for faulty polybutylene plumbing pipes
An investigation by Building and Energy into the mass failure of plumbing pipes used in hundreds of new homes in Perth
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Oct 11, 20231 min read
Consultation: Construction Industry Cause Codes for Product NCRs
We all know the difference between Cause and Effect - or in the case of construction, cause and DEFECTS.
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Aug 17, 20232 min read
Where's the Preventive Action!?
The Construction Industry's Prevention Action systems are all about risk-based up-front Planning.
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Jul 30, 20232 min read
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