{"id":22703,"date":"2019-07-01T15:43:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T05:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/?p=22703"},"modified":"2019-07-02T16:38:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T06:38:10","slug":"building-safety-the-role-of-architects-and-impacts-on-the-profession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/building-safety-the-role-of-architects-and-impacts-on-the-profession\/","title":{"rendered":"BUILDING SAFETY \u2013 THE ROLE OF ARCHITECTS AND IMPACTS ON THE PROFESSION"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22703\" class=\"elementor elementor-22703\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12263690 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12263690\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-703ba0e4\" data-id=\"703ba0e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3652a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3652a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 14px;\">BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A spate of recent incidents, generating extensive media coverage, has brought significant attention to the safety and quality of Australia\u2019s built environment and severely impacted public confidence.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>These include:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lacrosse Tower Fire, Melbourne 2014 &#8211; A copy of the Institute\u2019s media statement on the ruling is available <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/statement-on-vcat-ruling-regarding-lacrosse\/\">here<\/a> and a copy of the Institute\u2019s Advocacy Alert to members is available <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/cladding-alert-vcat-ruling-on-lacrosse-building-fire\/\">here<\/a> and a summary of the decision <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/summary-of-the-lacrosse-decision\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Grenfell Tower Fire, UK, 2017 &#8211; Prompted an inquiry by the Australian Senate Standing Committee on Economics, to which the Institute made a <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/non-conforming-building-products-institute-submission-to-senate-inquiry\/\">submission<\/a> that was referenced heavily in the final report.<\/li>\n<li>Australian Federal, State and Territory ministers, through the Building Ministers Forum (BMF), subsequently commissioned a review by Dr Peter Shergold and Ms Bronwyn Weir. Their report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/July%202018\/document\/pdf\/building_ministers_forum_expert_assessment_-_building_confidence.pdf\"><em>Building Confidence<\/em><\/a>, was released publicly early in 2018 and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.au\/data-and-publications\/building-confidence-report-implementation-plan\">implementation plan<\/a> in March 2019. The Institute has supported and publicly called for the urgent adoption of all recommendations.<\/li>\n<li>Opal Tower building evacuation, Sydney, December 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Neo200 Apartment Building Fire, Melbourne, February 2019 &#8211; A copy of the Institute\u2019s media statement on the incident is available <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/reform-still-needed-to-ensure-building-safety\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>CBD walkway collapse, Perth, June 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Mascot Towers building evacuation, Sydney, June 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b936654 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b936654\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e809afe\" data-id=\"e809afe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fa1916 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fa1916\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;\">WHAT\u2019S BEEN HAPPENING<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;\">\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;\">Shergold-Weir report<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The BMF\u2019s implementation plan for the recommendations of Shergold-Weir report on building regulation, compliance and enforcement was released in mid-March 2019. This is presented in the broadest terms and indicates a lack of implementation of the recommendations. The implementation plan has given us the opportunity to examine each state in detail regarding regulatory reform. \u00a0We\u2019ve also discussed with ACA and ArchiTeam and have released a\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 14px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/joint-statement-on-implementing-the-building-confidence-report\/\">joint statement<\/a>\u00a0on the urgent need for implementation of all 24 recommendations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;\">Lacrosse and the impacts of novation<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The Lacrosse decision also raised issues around novation of contracts and roles and responsibilities under a Design and Construct (D&amp;C) contract. The Institute is investigating the impact of novation and D&amp;C contracts through a member survey conducted in April and we\u2019re undertaking further, more detailed research into the issue following that survey. We are also providing members with training on procurement and have numerous <a style=\"font-size: 14px;\" href=\"https:\/\/acumen.architecture.com.au\/\">practice notes<\/a>\u00a0on novation. We have made our\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 14px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.continuum.com.au\/courses.php?o=view&amp;sco=8220747&amp;c=16\">online CPD course<\/a>\u00a0on inappropriate external cladding use and the subsequent amendments to Volume One of the National Construction Code available complimentary for all members. We have issued advisory notes to members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;\">Insurance and legislative changes<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Building owners are commencing legal proceedings against building professionals, including architects, to recover costs of dealing with ACP and expanded polystyrene (EPS) products in their buildings. In large buildings, such claims amount to many millions of dollars. We are monitoring the situation and working with insurers, Planned Cover.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The insurance market has also changed considerably. Most professional indemnity insurers are imposing exclusions on insurance policies for ACP\/EPS or non-conforming building products. These exclusions could leave architects uninsured for past projects because of the claims made nature of the policies. The market exclusions appear to be for both legal\/defence costs and indemnity. Planned Cover are working hard to maintain cover for existing customers for past work by architects.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">As well, strict controls are being placed on future use of ACP and EPS products, particularly in high-rise buildings.We will keep members advised of legislative changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;\">Procurement<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Requests for highly detailed practice information, project programming and budgeting in EOIs and RFTs for architectural services has been identified as an issue for members. So too has implied or explicit requests for unpaid design ideas, as well as other requirements. We have produced <a style=\"font-size: 14px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.architecture.com.au\/about-us\/policy-advocacy#procurement\">guidelines<\/a>\u00a0that offer advice specific to the commonly used processes of EOI and RFT to concisely deliver relevant, comparable information to clients and ensure a cost effective, resource efficient and fair process for all participants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cf9afb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cf9afb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ee0de3\" data-id=\"4ee0de3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5507340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5507340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;\">WHAT\u2019S HAPPENING NEXT\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;\">Shergold-Weir<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">We\u2019re producing a detailed advocacy plan for each state and territory including a formal response to the NSW Government\u2019s recently released discussion paper,\u00a0<em style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><a style=\"font-size: 14px;\" href=\"https:\/\/static.nsw.gov.au\/nsw-gov-au\/1561499024\/Building-Stronger-Foundations-Discussion-Paper.pdf\">Building Stronger Foundations<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">We\u2019re preparing joint representations to government with ACA and ArchiTeam in addition to our recently released\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 14px;\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/joint-statement-on-implementing-the-building-confidence-report\/\">joint statement<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">We\u2019re holding discussions with the Australian Building Codes Board on the work they are undertaking.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">We\u2019re continuing to liaise with the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia and state and territory board registrars.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Direct advocacy with governments \u2013 ongoing through chapters and nationally via the Building Ministers Forum and other industry forums and roundtables.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Continued media commentary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;\">Lacrosse<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">We\u2019ve examined aspects of the decision in-depth and will be delivering advice to members on the following issues:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Performance solutions vs deemed to satisfy in the NCC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The role\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">of the superintendent\/project manager vis a vis the architect.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">rights, roles, responsibilities and risks under a design and construct\u00a0<\/span>contract.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">We will continue to monitor government actions and provide regular advice to members on statutory<br \/>changes and further outcomes from legal actions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;\">Risk allocation<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">We\u2019re conducting an economic research project on the links between cost cutting practices and increases or decreases in risk, using Opal Tower as a case study.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">We will be conducting a symposium for members and built environment stakeholders on ways to increase consumer confidence in the building industry, particularly focusing on roles and responsibilities of the people involved in the design, construction and certification of buildings and how that relates to changes in building regulations.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">We\u2019re producing member advisory notes on risk allocation for different procurement practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;\">Procurement and the impact of novated contracts<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">We\u2019re finalising our research report based on the national survey undertaken earlier this year.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Using the outcomes from the survey and research project, we will develop best practice guidelines\/code of novation with industry stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">We\u2019re also producing practice advice for managing commercial pressures under novated arrangements.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;\">And we\u2019re developing a national CPD program for members on the pitfalls and risks of various procurement methods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; 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