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		<title>What are the key requirements of the access to premises standards for a building permit?</title>
		<link>http://www.buildingregulations.com.au/1438/building-permits-access-to-premises</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David (FSC) Swinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetThe media release on the HREOc website notes that &#8220;some of the major changes from the current BCA requirements [in the new Access to Premises Standards] will include:

Increases in the number of accessible entrances and doorways to buildings.
Increases in circulation space requirements in most places such as in lifts, accessible toilets and at doorways.
Some improvements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are the key exemptions in the Access to Premises Standards for a building permit application for an existing building?</title>
		<link>http://www.buildingregulations.com.au/1088/building-permits-key-exemptions-access-to-premises-standards</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetWow! Did we bite off more than we could chew here! We started by trying to do a summary of the all exemptions. We have virtually started writing a white paper (or is it a green paper)? So we had to take a bex and lie down.
Take two. Let&#8217;s eat this elephant piece by piece. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s how you can find out the basics on the Access to Premises Standard &#8211; via webcast!</title>
		<link>http://www.buildingregulations.com.au/1030/building-permits-disabled-access-to-premises</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetWebcast of Premises Standards Awareness Seminar 2010
Webcasts are a great way to get information about the latest issues without even leaving your office.
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) announced today that they now have an Access to Premises webcast on their site. According to the ABCB:
&#8220;The presentations provide detail and clarification on the ways in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For issue of a building permit why don&#8217;t you need to classify a roof top carpark?</title>
		<link>http://www.buildingregulations.com.au/513/building-permits-classification-storeys</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David (BDC) Swinson</dc:creator>
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Or what about an unroofed entertainment area on top of a Hotel building? Or a roof top plant platform?
The key to this issue is the defined concept in the Building Code of Australia (BCA) of a &#8220;storey&#8220;. A storey is defined as being between a floor and a floor or roof above. So, if there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do the new Access to Premises Standards make Architects responsible as &#8220;building developers&#8221;??</title>
		<link>http://www.buildingregulations.com.au/524/building-permit-architects-disabled-access</link>
		<comments>http://www.buildingregulations.com.au/524/building-permit-architects-disabled-access#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David (BDC) Swinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetWhat is the Architect or Building Designer&#8217;s role in the new Access to Premises Standards?
May 2011 is fast approaching and with it what we understand to be the likely incorporation of the Access to Premises Standards into the DDA and the Building Code of Australia (BCA). The Standard includes a document called the Access Code [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How can a new design not comply with the current Building Code of Australia &#8211; Building Act 1993 Section 10?</title>
		<link>http://www.buildingregulations.com.au/530/building-permits-section-10</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David (BDC) Swinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetSection 10 &#8211; Building Permits with the old building regulations
There is a provision in the Victorian Building Act 1993 which gives the building surveyor significant discretion as to whether to apply the new BCA when it comes into force on the 1 May each year. Section 1o says:
&#8220;A building regulation, or an amendment to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are the Building Regulations retrospective?</title>
		<link>http://www.buildingregulations.com.au/93/building-regulations-retrospective</link>
		<comments>http://www.buildingregulations.com.au/93/building-regulations-retrospective#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 04:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David (BDC) Swinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetDo the current technical requirements of our Building Regulations 2006, Building Code of Australia and Referenced Standards apply to existing buildings in our community in Victoria, Australia?
The general application of the Building Control legislation is to &#8220;building works&#8221;. To have &#8220;building works&#8221; you need to be doing something to a building or part of a [...]]]></description>
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