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		<title>Do external landscape stairs have to comply with the BCA? Do you need a building permit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David (BDC) Swinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetDavid Swinson, BDC&#8217;s Director, was recently doing a presentation to some architects from Thomson Adsett Architects with Joe Zita from Approval Systems. David was talking about the changes in the BCA 2011 to stairs (Late breaking  news they may not be introduced until 2012 now!?!) and the question was raised about external stairs and compliance with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why we need to integrate OH&amp;S and Green Building Design</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetOne of the issues we come across constantly in our practice at BDC Building Design Compliance is the interface between the Building Regulations, OH&#38;S and increasingly Energy Efficiency and Heritage. Because of their respective specialisations Consultants in these areas tend to operate in silos leaving our Architect clients trying to connect the dots between these disciplines.
In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How does compliance with the BCA meet your S28 OH&amp;S designer duties?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetThe BCA and Section 28 of the Victorian OH&#38;S Act 2004
How do you identify where you cannot rely on the BCA as a published technical standard to comply  with your S28 duty as a designer? We need to start by looking at the two legislative frameworks.
Section 28 of the Victorian Occupational Health Safety Act 2004 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I get a building permit with non-lever door furniture to a commercial building?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 19:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetUnder the Deemed-to-Satisfy provisions of the Building Regulations 2006 there are three important concessions in the Building Code of Australia (BCA) for exit doors and doors in the path of travel. These concessions permit doors to be provided with non-lever door furniture and dead-latching (Clause D2.21):

Apartments, flats or the like within Residential buildings;
Sole-occupancy units in [...]]]></description>
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