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NCC 2025 Section J Changes: What Developers, Architects and Consultants Need to Know

The National Construction Code (NCC) 2025 is introducing the most significant overhaul to Section J...

Legacy Passive Fire in Existing Buildings: What Developers and Architects Inherit and How to Deal With It

Most developers and architects don’t run into passive fire problems on greenfield projects. They run...

What Version of the NCC/BCA is Applicable? (NSW)

Whilst we wait to see if the rumours of the application of NCC2025 being pushed...

Major Changes to the maintenance of Essential Fire Safety Measures (EFSMs): What Building Owners Need to Know

From 13 February 2026, new requirements under the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Building Certification and...

Fire Safety Schedules – A picture tells a 1000 words.

Fire Safety Schedules – A picture tells a 1000 words. A Fire Safety Schedule (FSS)...

Is Your Residential Strata Scheme a PCBU? Avoid Costly Fines by taking the WHS Quiz.

Is Your Residential Strata Scheme a PCBU? Avoid Costly Fines by taking the WHS Quiz....

Changes to Essential Fire Safety Measures (EFSM) Service Routine – Effective 13 February 2026

Commencing on 13 February 2026, changes to the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Building Certification and...

What is Active and Passive Fire Protection?

By Ian O’Neill – Assistant Building Surveyor To mitigate the impact of fires within buildings,...

Condensation Management – BCA 2022 Overview

By Paddy Healy – Director, Credwell Energy Introduced in 2019 as “Part F6 of the...

Credwell helps Soul Hub serve the community

Soul Hub started in Newcastle’s Hunter Street in 2003 as Soul Café to serve the...