The NSW Department of Fair Trading has provided a Communications Pack which includes
Information is also available on the NSW Fair Trading website.
Nominations for the SoCLA Board are now open
The notice calling for nominations can be found here and the nomination form can be found here.
The notice calling for nominations provides further information in relation to the Society and the role of the Board.
Nominations close at 5:00 pm on Thursday 29 July 2021.
Any enquires regarding the process should be directed towards secretary@scl.org.au and admin@scl.org.au.
Members are advised of the recent NSW Premier’s Memorandum to support the procurement of large and complex projects.
The Memorandum applies from 1 July 2021 and to procurement of projects of more than $0.5billion value. The Memorandum builds on the 10-point commitment from 2018.
The Memorandum is available to download here.
Online webinar - Tuesday 13 July at 12:30 pm AEST presented by Dr Sean Brady
In the early afternoon of 15 March 2018, a partially constructed pedestrian bridge at the Florida International University collapsed. It fell 5.6 m to the highway below and crushed or partially crushed 8 vehicles. Five vehicle occupants died, as well as one worker who was on the bridge at the time of the failure.
This is the story of how all the protections we erect as an engineering and construction profession can be eroded, ignored and dismissed - the story of what happens when we forget why these protections were put there in the first place.
More information is available on this flyer.
The Society is pleased to be listed as a supporting organisation of this International Virtual Conference organised by Resolution Institute for 15-16 July 2021.
In addition, we have negotiated for SoCLA members to register at the Institute’s member discount. Please contact us for the special registration link to obtain the discounted price.
The Society of Construction Law Australia is pleased to announce that we are now accepting registrations for the National Conference 2021!
The Conference will be held from 14 to 16 October 2021 in Hobart.
The theme this year is "Getting Risk Right".
More information about the conference is available here.
Members may be interested in attending the Construction Claims and ADR Conference 2021 jointly organised by Legal Plus and L2 i-CON.
The conference will be held on Zoom on 23rd July 2021, from 9am to 9pm (KL Time / GMT +8).
More information is available on this brochure.
Register here.
SoCLA members will receive a 20% discount. Please email us for the special code to receive the discount.
Members may be interested in the recent white paper prepared by EY "Digital twin: the Age of Aquarius in construction and real estate".
A copy of the paper is available here.
Members may be interested in the Insurance Council of Australia consultation paper "Role of the Private Insurance Market – Independent Strategic Review: Commercial Insurance Consultation Paper" available here.
Our 2021 National Conference will be held in at the Hobart Function and Conference Centre, Tasmania from 14-16 October 2021. Click here for further information
