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Jul 2009
Sydney CAREX 2009 (aged care)
Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney
from the 15th Jul - 16th Jul
CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) Expo
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, NSW
from the 15th Jul - 17th Jul
Achieving the Green Dream Conference AIRAH
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
from the 15th Jul - 16th Jul
Achieving the Green Dream AIRAH
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
on the 16th Jul
Facility Management for Sustainable Commercial Buildings
Brisbane
on the 21st Jul
3-Day MBA in Financial Management
Conrad Treasury Hotel, Brisbane
from the 22nd Jul - 24th Jul
Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Better Practice 2009
Sydney
from the 23rd Jul - 24th Jul
Aug 2009
Maintenance 2009 Seminar - AMMJ
Royal On The Park Hotel, Brisbane, QLD
from the 3rd Aug - 5th Aug
Maddocks Employment, Safety & People
140 William Street, Melbourne, VIC
on the 5th Aug
AWA National Conference 2009
Adelaide Convention Centre
on the 10th Aug
Maddocks Employment, Safety & People
Angel Place, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW
on the 11th Aug
Retail Expo
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
from the 11th Aug - 13th Aug
Catholic Health Australia 2009 National Conference
Grand Chancellor Hotel, Hobart
from the 17th Aug - 19th Aug
Annual Local Government Sustainable Development Conference
Sebel Albert Park, Melbourne
from the 18th Aug - 19th Aug
CS Health-e-Nation Conference
National Convention Centre Canberra
from the 19th Aug - 21st Aug
Tile & Stone Expo
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre
from the 20th Aug - 22nd Aug
Security 2009
Sydney Convention Centre
from the 24th Aug - 26th Aug
Victorian Major Projects Conference
Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre
on the 24th Aug
ACS Community Care Conference (aged care)
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
from the 25th Aug - 26th Aug
AIHE 2009 - Update Conference
Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre
from the 27th Aug - 28th Aug
Sep 2009
60th National Conference 2009 IHEA
Gold Coast International Hotel
from the 9th Sep - 12th Sep
Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Better Practice 2009
Melbourne
from the 10th Sep - 11th Sep
Tertiary Education Management Conference
Darwin Convention Centre
from the 13th Sep - 16th Sep
Congress 2009 PCA
Hamililton Island, Queensland
from the 13th Sep - 15th Sep
Concrete 09 Conference CIA
Luna Park Sydney
from the 17th Sep - 19th Sep
Building Australia's Future Conference ABCB
Crown Plaza, Gold Coast, Queensland
from the 20th Sep - 23rd Sep
AIBS Annual Summit
Crown Plaza Royal Pines Gold Resort & Spa, Gold Coast, QLD
on the 20th Sep
Bushfire CRC/AFAC Annual Conference
Gold Coast Convention Centre, Queensland
from the 21st Sep - 24th Sep
Oct 2009
Diversified Exhibitions Australia: Designbuild Perth
Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, WA
from the 8th Oct - 10th Oct
Designbuild Perth
Perth Exhibition Convention Centre
from the 9th Oct - 11th Oct
Major Projects Conference 2009
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
on the 13th Oct
Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Better Practice 2009
Perth
from the 14th Oct - 15th Oct
Maintenance 2009 Seminar - AMMJ
Swiss Grand Resort & Spa, Bondi Beach, NSW
from the 19th Oct - 21st Oct
5TH World Property Summit
Hilton Hotel Sydney
from the 19th Oct - 21st Oct
Fire Australia 2009 Conference and Exhibition
Wrest Point Hotel and Conference, Hobart
from the 28th Oct - 30th Oct
Nov 2009
Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Better Practice 2009
Brisbane
from the 5th Nov - 6th Nov
Aged & Community Services Association NSW & ACT OHS & HR Conference
Novotel Brighton Beach, Sydney
from the 6th Nov - 7th Nov
Retirement Village Association Annual Conference 2009 "One voice"
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre
from the 10th Nov - 12th Nov
ACAA 28th National Congress "Our journey beyond today" (aged care)
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
from the 15th Nov - 17th Nov
Maddocks Employment, Safety & People
140 William Street, Melbourne, VIC
on the 17th Nov
Preloved Buildings Conference AIRAH
Melbourne
from the 19th Nov - 20th Nov
Risk Management: the Road to Resilience Conference RMIA
Cairns, QLD
from the 23rd Nov - 25th Nov
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Welcome to the June edition of essential matters. Essential matters informs people involved in managing buildings, constructing and altering buildings, occupying and maintaining existing buildings of the key issues, events and legislative developments that are critical to the building and property industries.
You'll find topics of interest under six broad headings - Building & Property, Safety Measures & Risk Management, Facility & Property Management, Emergency Planning & OHS, Residential, and Sustainability. Please contact our State offices for assistance regarding any of your consulting requirements.
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| Fire Isolated Stairs and Tenants
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| Mark Lewis, Senior Building Surveyor in our Melbourne office, provided a comprehensive report to a client concerning the use of fire isolated exit stairs by tenants for travelling between floors, this presented a number of problems. (HENDRY)
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| BCA Illustrated - Your Guide
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| BCA Illustrated provides the BCA online with over 3000 illustrations / explanations and 15000 knowledgebase links. We now provide 'technical' industry links that contribute further to explaining the clause you are viewing. Our first major update in 2009 is the easy to use Help Centre, walking users through the basics to advanced parts of our service
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| BCA 2009 Update
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| John Rigney, Director of our Sydney office, reports that the latest version of the BCA, being BCA 2009, came into force on 1 May 2009. BCA 2009 contains amendments to Volume 1 for Class 2 to 9 Buildings, and Volume 2 for Class 1 and Class 10 Buildings, Housing Provisions (HENDRY)
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| rmXpert - Booking Resource Needs
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| Announcing an exciting new product to manage all your resource booking needs, rmXpert will manage all of your resources and equipment simply and efficiently. It can manage meeting rooms, sporting events, bus time tabling, equipment access and more. All your resources managed on line, approved on line with automatic notifications to keep everyone informed. Introductory price includes software, installation and training.
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| Electrical Switches and Explosions
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Geoff Milner, Manager in our Melbourne office advises, intrinsic safety is an explosion-prevention technique applied to the design of electrical equipment as well as the wiring of hazardous locations where flammable or combustible materials is present. The technique limits electrical and thermal energy (HENDRY)
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| Slips and Falls
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| Stuart Brown, Senior Building Surveyor in our Melbourne office, reports a research study of the incidents of slips and falls on floors stairs, landings and balconies has been completed by the Australian Building Codes Board (HENDRY).
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| Misleading Letter From A Fire Service Co
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| A well known fire service company is contacting its clients (and maybe others) informing them of the essential safety measure provisions revolving around a 13 June 2009 deadline in the regulations. Unfortunately for their 'clients', there are significant inaccuracies in the letter that can ... (EPS)
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| Critical Defect Reporting Is Mandatory
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Geoff Vick, Safety Measures Manager in our Brisbane office, advises commercial building owners, managers and contractors that specialist maintenance contractors servicing and maintaining fire safety installations must notify the building occupier or managing entity of any critical defects with installations or measures (EPS)
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| Essential Safety Measures
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| Adrian Righele, our National Manager, has prepared a comprehensive explanation of the Northern Territory essential safety measures regulations which includes the owners/agents statutory requirements and the occupants obligations under the regulations and OH&S (EPS)
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| Integrated Fire Testing
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| Nathan Semos, Essential Safety Measures Manager in our Melbourne office advises that, Essential Property Services are now increasingly performing a service that ensures that integrated fire testing on a full range of buildings is being performed and maintained to an acceptable standard. (EPS)
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| Warning On Safety Spending
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| Graeme Badrock, Emergency Planning Manager reports that WorkSafe Victoria has issued a warning to business owners “to be wary of people offering safety services or selling advertising in publications that might not exist” (EPS)
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| What Makes a PIN invalid?
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| Workcover Victoria has clarified the situation in which a mistake is made in a Provisional Improvement Notice (PIN) or PIN enquiry outcome notice. According to WorkCover Victoria, a Provisional Improvement Notice must contain three elements. The first is the health and safety representative’s belief that (SafetoWork)
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| Plans For Evacuation In Case of Fire
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| Tasmania’s General Fire Regulations 2000 requires the occupier of a specified building to submit to the Chief Officer of the Tasmania Fire Service, for approval, an Evacuation Plan for the evacuation of the building in the case of fire (EPS)
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| Prohibition Notices Issued In Quantity
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| Graeme Badrock, Emergency Planning Manager in our Melbourne office advises commercial building owners, managers and contractors that WorkSafe Victoria are concerned over a high number of prohibition notices being issued at commercial premises during a blitz on workplaces in the Melbourne metropolitan area during May. (EPS)
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| Strategic Assessment: Bldg Adaptive Reuse
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| Bond University is leading an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project into the Strategic Assessment of Building Adaptive Reuse Opportunities. The industry partners are Williams Boag Architects and The Uniting Church in Australia. The research comprises $210,000 of funding from the ARC and about $90,000 of funding from the industry (Facil. Persp.)
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| Property & Facility Management Software
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| fmXpert is a fully integrated Property and Facilities management system. Using the latest technology this system provides a simple user interface, web access, and mobile technology. Key features include Lease Management, Asset Management, Job Management and Document Management.
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| The Building Services Brief of the Future
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| At the Institute of Administration Management's Facilities Management Group's conference in London in March 1989, building performance specialist Bill Bordass presented a paper entitled "The Building Services Brief for the Future". Looking ahead, the brief predicted the likelihood of increasingly flexible office spaces (FMA)
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| Acting on Poor Advice
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| Property professionals who provide flawed advice risk a hefty lawsuit from their clients if things go bad. XYZ Valuers lost a High Court appeal on how much damages would compensate former clients for a negligent valuation. In the end XYZ Valuers had to pay damages of $406,194.60. (API)
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| Saving Every Last Drop
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| A clever water saving initiative may alter the way we receive hot water. It's almost like squeezing that last little bit of toothpaste out of the tube rather than throwing it away. For just a little (Plumbing Connection)
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| The Risks of Removal Houses
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It's worth checking the fine print carefully before coughing up for a removal house. Frustrated by the lean pickings and lack of opportunities using the more traditional 'buy, renovate and sell' investment strategy, a young client of mine decided to parachute into a new investment arena - low-cost housing. (API)
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| BCA Illustrated - Your Guide
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| BCA Illustrated provides the BCA online with over 3000 illustrations / explanations and 15000 knowledgebase links. We now provide 'technical' industry links that contribute further to explaining the clause you are viewing. Our first major update in 2009 is the easy to use Help Centre, walking users through the basics to advanced parts of our service
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| How Green is My House?
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| How do Australian comsumers' attitudes to sustainability affect their use of electronic devices? Sustainability is the big issue of our time. As politicians are coming to realise, the typical Australian consumer is much greener than many people realise. More than three-quarters of Australians accept that climate change (CONN. HOME)
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| Green Stake in the Sand
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| A sustainable focus is now the rule rather than the exception in most industries, but is the building industry embracing this directive? In just a few short years, thanks to the climate change agenda, ‘sustainability’ has gone from buzzword to reality. (BUILD CONN.)
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| Biometrics and Buildings
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| The need to reduce our impact on the plant has forced design and research industries to search for building solutions which offer optimum operational efficiency. Widely coined biomimicry or biometrics, the Eastgate principal of adapting the best of nature’s processes to meet design requirements is emerging… (Facil. Persp.)
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| Toward Smarter Building
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| The World Sustainable Building Conference 2008 held in Melbourne recently provided a sizeable snapshot of the considerable research and practical application of sustainability measures being applied in the built environment. Organisations, government departments, industry bodies and research institutions from around the globe presented their findings and… (ABCB)
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| The Great Energy Greenwash
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| Over the past 15 years we have had rumours, claims and outright assertions of savings by people associated with electrical and plumbing products or energy efficiency programs. Some of the claims were true – others not quite. Some claims are recent – others are ancient and should have been dismissed long ago. (ELECT CONN)
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