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Effect of the Building Act 2011 on compliance costs in Western Australia

Construction Economics and Building

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Title Effect of the Building Act 2011 on compliance costs in Western Australia
 
Creator Bazen, Elizabeth
 
Subject Building surveying
building; legislation; private certification; post-implementation review;
Building surveying
 
Description  The Building Act 2011 commenced in Western Australia on 2 April 2012. It introduced private certification for design and construction compliance, and reduced fees and timeframes for local governments to issue permits. This research project assessed the effect of the Act on the time and cost of building approvals in WA, using an internet-based, self-completion survey to obtain feedback from people on their experience of the new building approvals process.   This research compared the cost of approval for 16 building projects under the new and old approvals processes. The research concluded that the new approvals process appears to be cost-neutral for the building industry as a whole. However, the cost of approval for the 11 building projects studied valued up to $1 million, particularly alterations to existing buildings, is an average of 4.0 times greater under the new approvals process.
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
Contributor Dr Yaping He, University of Western Sydney
 
Date 2014-06-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3839
10.5130/AJCEB.v14i2.3839
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 14, No 2 (2014): AJCEB; 41-56
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3839/4063
 
Coverage Western Australia
2012-2013
29 anonymous survey responses received
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2014 Elizabeth Bazen
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