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Universal design and access in the built environment
If you take the time to look closely at Australia’s city landscapes you will find a patchwork of construction sites, closed footpaths and barriers such as parked vehicles. They are probably minor...
The rise of mega regions
"We are in the middle of the century of cities – the hundred years of accelerated urbanisation from 1980 to 2080 that is creating a majority-urban planet.” (source: Greater Cities Commission and The...
Critical infrastructure and building compliance
The extraordinary growth in data centres over the past decade is set to accelerate to meet rising demand as Australia heads off into the cloud. The increasingly digital and interconnected world has...
How city densification is changing schools
If we set aside whether towers are the best or only way to densify our cities, it is safe to say there is a growing body of evidence that many of our learning centres are heading in the same...
Building sustainable and comfortable places to live and work
The NSW Government is showing a strong commitment to the development of sustainable and resilient homes and buildings. A new State Environmental Planning Policy (Sustainable Buildings) 2022 looks to...
Considerations surrounding EV charging bays
The adoption of EV vehicles throughout Australia is gradually increasing. However, the current provisions under the NCC (National Construction Code) have not yet caught up to the risks associated...
NSW planning portal upgrade
Two years ago, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Planning Portal) Regulation 2020 commenced, introducing some important changes to the Environmental Planning and Assessment...
The next reform wave is coming
In our last article we mentioned the fact that some major legislative changes are out for consultation with potential for adoption in early 2023. As promised, we will review the proposals and...
Reforming building laws – your opinion matters
The NSW Government is seeking to increase stakeholder confidence in the building industry. They are creating a new foundation for construction by looking at how to improve laws, better protect...
Creating value in changing spaces
How MBC Group adds value for our clients in what was once ‘the humble fitout’, which has become a substantial sub-set of the overall construction market and forms an important workflow for our...
Ensuring a better built environment for all
We want to discuss how our business purpose, ‘ensuring a better built environment’, intrinsically links MBC Group to the process of design and construction, putting building compliance at the...
Ready for an extraordinary change within NCC 2022?
From September 1st this year any new material, product or component of a building that is required to be the subject of a fire test, will have to be subject to the latest version of that fire test...
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