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97 Appendix 5 List of recommendations from Building Confidence—Improving the effectiveness of compliance and enforcement systems for the building and construction industry across Australia Recommendation 1 That each jurisdiction requires the registration of the following categories of building practitioners involved in the design, construction and maintenance of buildings: • • • • • • • • • Builder Site or Project Manager Building Surveyor Building Inspector Architect Engineer Designer/Draftsperson Plumber Fire Safety Practitioner Recommendation 2 That each jurisdiction prescribes consistent requirements for the registration of building practitioners including: • • • • certificated training which includes compulsory training on the operation and use of the NCC as it applies to each category of registration; additional competency and experience requirements; where it is available, compulsory insurance in the form of professional indemnity and/or warranty insurance together with financial viability requirements where appropriate; and evidence of practitioner integrity, based on an assessment of fit-and-proper person requirements.
Recommendation 3 That each jurisdiction requires all practitioners to undertake compulsory Continuing Professional Development on the National Construction Code.

98 Recommendation 4 That each jurisdiction establishes a supervised training scheme which provides a defined pathway for becoming a registered building surveyor.
Recommendation 5 That each state establishes formal mechanisms for a more collaborative and effective partnership between those with responsibility for regulatory oversight, including relevant state government bodies, local governments and private building surveyors (if they have an enforcement role).

Recommendation 6 That each jurisdiction give regulators a broad suite of powers to monitor buildings and building work so that, as necessary, they can take strong compliance and enforcement action.
Recommendation 7 That each jurisdiction makes public its audit strategy for regulatory oversight of the construction of Commercial buildings, with annual reporting on audit findings and outcomes.

Recommendation 8 That, consistent with the International Fire Engineering Guidelines, each jurisdiction requires developers, architects, builders, engineers and building surveyors to engage with fire authorities as part of the design process.
Recommendation 9 That each jurisdiction establishes minimum statutory controls to mitigate conflicts of interest and increase transparency of the engagement and responsibilities of private building surveyors.

Recommendation 10 That each jurisdiction put in place a code of conduct for building surveyors which addresses the key matters which, if contravened, would be a ground for a disciplinary inquiry.
Recommendation 11 That each jurisdiction provides private building surveyors with enhanced supervisory powers and mandatory reporting obligations.

99 Recommendation 12 That each jurisdiction establishes a building information database that provides a centralised source of building design and construction documentation.
Recommendation 13 That each jurisdiction requires building approval documentation to be prepared by appropriate categories of registered practitioners, demonstrating that the proposed building complies with the National Construction Code.

Recommendation 14 That each jurisdiction sets out the information which must be included in performance in which solutions, specifying performance solutions have been used and for what purpose.
in occupancy certificates the circumstances Recommendation 15 That each jurisdiction provides a transparent and robust process for the approval of performance solutions for constructed building work.

Recommendation 16 That each jurisdiction provides for a building compliance process which incorporates clear obligations for the ongoing approval of amended documentation by the appointed building surveyor throughout a project.
Recommendation 17 That each jurisdiction requires genuine independent third party review for specified components of designs and/or certain types of buildings.

Recommendation 18 That each jurisdiction requires on-site inspections of building work at identified notification stages.

100 Recommendation 19 That each jurisdiction requires registered fire safety practitioners to design, install and certify the fire safety systems necessary in Commercial buildings.
Recommendation 20 That each jurisdiction requires that there be a comprehensive building manual for Commercial buildings that should be lodged with the building owners and made available to successive purchasers of the building.

Recommendation 21 That the Building Ministers’ Forum agree its position on the establishment of a compulsory product certification system for high-risk building products.
Recommendation 22 That the Building Ministers’ Forum develop a national dictionary of terminology to assist jurisdictions, industry and consumers to understand the range of terminology used to describe the same or similar terms and processes in different jurisdictions.

Recommendation 23 That the Building Ministers’ Forum acknowledges that the above recommendations are designed to form a coherent package and that they be implemented by all jurisdictions progressively over the next three years.
Recommendation 24 That the Building Ministers’ Forum prioritise the preparation of a plan for the implementation of the recommendations against which each jurisdiction will report annually.