05

Feb

Independent Builders Network Professional Development Day

Construct Law Group’s Craig Sawford will be sharing his 23 years of experience in residential building contracts when he presents at the 2019 Independent Builders Professional Development Day.  Craig will be covering how to avoid legal disputes as well as giving real life examples of cases that he has handled to highlight common areas that get builders […]

21

Jan

PRIME COST SUMS AND PROVISIONAL SUMS

This week, Aleisha MacKenzie and Michael Burgess take a look at Prime Costs and Provisional Sums which can often be a point of dispute between a home owner and their builder in domestic building contracts. Often the cause of this dispute is because owners (and often builders) do not understand what PC and PS are and the[…]

06

Dec

When is a company a “construction company?

Background The Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) must not grant a license if a person is an excluded individual for a relevant event. An individual becomes excluded if they are a director, secretary or influential person for a construction company, within one year immediately before a ‘relevant company event’. In 2014 and 2015 the Queensland Building[…]