As many as half of the toilets in all new public buildings including stadiums, shopping malls, and office blocks could soon ...

A proposal which could see as many as half of the toilets in new public buildings designated as gender neutral has been ...

Half the toilets in all new public buildings – including stadiums, shopping malls and office blocks – could soon be ...

In the wake of Australia sweltering through its hottest two months on record – December and January –University of South Australia academics are calling for urgent changes to the country's building ...

The Australian Building Codes Board will allow products containing lead to continue to be installed in homes, schools and childcare centres for two more years. Businesses had been told they must ...

Part of the problem is the ballooning scope of the National Construction Code, which has been broadened in recent years to ...

Building performance standards — star ratings of energy efficiency — were introduced in Australia in 2003 and then toughened in 2006 and 2011. However, the steady increase in house sizes there has ...

Anyone who has built or renovated their own home will know how complex the National Construction Code (NCC) can be. And so, too, does the industry itself. It must keep up with minimum standards for ...

Australian houses use significantly more electricity to stay warm or cool than estimated during the design stage. To design a new house in Australia, the building needs to meet the national ...

Geoff Hanmer has received research funding from the Building and Construction Council (BACC) NSW. A prestige apartment building in Sydney built by a well-known developer is undergoing a second ...

TrinaTracker has announced that its 1P tracker system has been validated by the inspection and certification organisation RINA Tech Renewables, for compliance with the Australian building codes and ...