The Warren Centre will host their second Expert Hour webinar at 11:00 am on 26 March 2019 with Stephen Kip, author of the Fire Safety Engineering Regulation Report.
First time webinar registrations are FREE. FIND OUT MORE HERE
Download their second report in this series, Fire Safety Engineering Regulation, available for FREE.
Members in Sydney may be interested in The Future Building Seminar this Wednesday and Thursday 27 and 28 March 2019.
Key Speakers from Norton Rose Fulbright, Australian Building Codes Board, BIS Oxford Economics, Queensland Building and Construction Commission, Laing O'Rourke, Edelman, Innovative Growth Solutions, Resilient Futures and the Supply Chain Sustainability School !
Key Topics include The Future of Building is Already Here, Charting the Future of the NCC and Standards, Exposing the Local and Global Economic Trends Shaping the Building Industry, Tackling Building Non-Conformance, Restructuring the Building Supply Chain Before the Robots and Tech Giants Take Over, Tackling Diminishing Public Confidence in the Building Industry, Getting Products Specified in a Digital World, Pragmatic Sustainability, and Improving the Evidence Base Relating to Non-Conforming Building Products !
More information and ticket sales are available here.
Members are advised that the following new texts have been published which may be of interest:
If you would like further details of these texts or to purchase please click (1) here and (2) here.
Members in Sydney may be interested in attending the Sydney Build Expo on 14-15 March at the Horden Pavilion.
Click here for more information or to register for a free ticket.
Opportunities for appointment to building and plumbing boards 2019
The Minister for Planning is seeking expressions of interest from Victorian’s interested in being appointed to the:
• Building Appeals Board;
• Building Advisory Council;
• Building Regulations Advisory Committee;
• Plumbing Advisory Council; and the
• Victorian Building Authority Board.
Expressions of interest open March 2019.
More information is available on this postcard
The Warren Centre will host their first Expert Hour - which is an online Webinar Series on 27th February at 11am.
Episode 1, Quiz the Author with Dr David Lange; Fire Safety Engineering; Education Report.
Registration to your first webinar is free. Follow this link to find out more!
Limited spaces are available at the Safe Cladding, Buildings and Facade Innovation Summit, taking place at the Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park on 26 and 27 February 2019.
View the full 2-day program here to see what topics will be covered and the full speaker line up.
Secure your seat now here. Attend with your colleagues and take advantage of our group discounts.
The Society offers the Brooking Prize annually for the best essay submitted in the field of construction law.
It is named after The Hon Robert Brooking AO QC in recognition of his Honour’s pioneering contribution to the study and practice of construction law in Australia.
Papers are now invited for the 2019 Brooking Prize
Entries must be received in WORD or PDF format by 4:00 pm Sydney time on 5 June 2019.
Further information can be found in the Rules.
SoCLA is pleased to announce the 2019 National Conference will be held in Perth at The Westin on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 August 2019.
Welcome drinks will be held on the evening of Thursday 1 August 2019.
The conference theme is “Doing it Overseas - the legal tips and tricks for taking Construction Smarts to foreign jurisdictions”.
Our latest "Let's Connect" submission (by Maike Barton) is "The Impact of the Government Procurement Agrement to Procurement Laws in Australia". This paper analyses the impact of the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) within the World Trade Organisation (WTO), procurement legislation in construction law in Australia. This paper proposes a study of the relationship between the entities (Australian Government and GPA) outlining how and why the GPA affects the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPR’s). Members can download the paper from the Resources section.
Applications for our 2019 Mentoring Program are now open. Further information about our mentoring program and how to apply can be found here.
Applications close Thursday 18 April 2019.
