Permits
We offer a broad range of consulting services to the Health & Aged Care industry, Education sector and Domestic/Commercial Construction industry. We recognise that to provide the latest advice to our clients warrants specific expertise and varied disciplines, together with the need to work cohesively in a partnering relationship with our clients to achieve satisfactory outcomes.
We provide Building Permit Approvals and inspection services for all classes of buildings across the State of Victoria.
The Building Act 1993 and Building Regulations 1994 legislate that building work (as defined) must be subject to the issue of a building permit prior to that work commencing. The Act prescribes a penalty of 100 penalty units ($10,000) for any persons who do work without a permit.
The Act and Regulations provide a system of control on construction of building work which intends to establish, maintain and improve standards for the construction and maintenance of buildings and to enhance the amenity of buildings and to protect the safety and health of people who use buildings.
The building permit is the key part of that process and ensures, amongst other things, that certain practitioners are registered and carry insurance, that adequate documentation is prepared to construct the building, and independent review of that documentation occurs, key stages of the work are independently inspected and the building is independently assessed as suitable for occupation. Other benefits include provision of certainty of compliance prior to building work commencing for owner builders and building insurers, and ease of preparation of compliance reports, which may be required at sale of the property.
The building regulations also, however, reflect that some building work is of such a minor nature that the protections and advantages that a building permit can provide are not necessary or will not be achieved. In these cases, the Regulations exempt owners from having to obtain a building permit or occupancy permit as specified in Table 1.6.
Building Permit Process
