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Did you know that 75% of residential and 40% of commercial and industrial buildings are designed by Building Designers?

Builders, construction companies, mums and dads, even architect’s use building designers to design their buildings and prepare all the necessary working drawings and documentation required for council approval and construction.

Building Designers design a building that is energy efficient, comfortable all year round, value for money and suitable for your specific needs taking into account your lifestyle, budget, site, potential resale and long term maintenance issues and costs.

Your Building Designer not only provides building design and drafting services, but also works with a team of other professionals to ensure that the foundation and structural elements of the building combine with the aesthetics to produce a building which will not only looks good but also last for many years to come.

The working drawings and other documentation required for building approval and construction are also prepared by your building designer.

Building Designers provide “buildable” practical, innovative and creative building solutions. In many cases, they can provide the same service provided by architects.

Builders generally regard Building Designers’ working drawings as more user friendly. In fact many Architects use Building Designers to produce their working drawings.

Whether you are planning a new building, extensions, renovations or simply raising your house, a building designer can design your project to maximise it’s liveability without sacrificing its visual appeal and blowing your budget.

Building designers work with you to determine the most cost effective, user friendly, practical building solutions, that not only look good, but also meet your requirements.

Building Design Queensland (BDQ) has a dynamic, innovative, progressive group of members who are always looking for new products and opportunities to learn. This means that your project will incorporate the very latest technology and meet all building code requirements.

www.bdqld.com.au

When you use a QBCC licenced contractor for the construction of a new home or alterations and additions to an existing home, you are protected under the Queensland Home Warranty Scheme. The Scheme provides protection against defective construction work, non-compliance of work covered by a contract, and subsidence or settlement of a building constructed under a contract in Queensland.

QBCC insurance is paid to the Queensland Building and Construction Commission, by the builder when undertaking work exceeding a value of $3,300. The “Confirmation of Insurance” document needs to be forwarded to your building certifier before your building approval can be issued.

For more information on the Queensland Home Warranty Insurance Scheme visit:

www.qbcc.qld.gov.au

The Queensland Government provides portable long service leave benefits for the building and construction industry. QLeave is a trading name for the Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Authority, administered by QLeave. Portable long service leave is the paid leave given to workers for service to the building and construction industry rather than continuous service to one employer.

QLeave levy is collected on all building and construction work in Queensland where the total cost of the work, whether direct or indirect, is $150,000 or more excluding GST. QLeave is usually paid by the project owner and must be paid prior to issue of your building approval. The Levy can be paid at any Australia Post office or agency, or directly to QLeave.

For more information on QLeave visit:

www.qleave.qld.gov.au

A siting variation is required when a building or structure needs to be built within the boundary setbacks defined under the building laws. Siting variations are also known as boundary relaxations or building relaxations.

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