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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...
MBC Group heads north into regional NSW
Despite suffering like a lot of other Australian businesses through the pandemic, we took a strong decision to continue investing in our future, and late last year we opened our new office in sunny...
How technology is changing architecture
What will the future of architecture look like? The industry has been subject to some big changes particularly over the last decade, paving the way for new ways of conceiving, designing and...
The challenge of certifying public places
Public buildings and adjourning spaces – with a greater thoroughfare of people – present particular challenges to building certification. While the BCA is the minimum standard for buildings to...
Livable cities blueprint in a post-Covid world
The Covid pandemic has illustrated how people bring cities to life through their removal. Without people bustling through the main streets of Sydney, Melbourne and other cities in lockdown, these...
New healthcare design trends to watch
The healthcare sector in Australia has faced unprecedented pressure in the last 18 months that have accelerated design trends in healthcare. While Australia still has one of the best health systems...
Canberra leads the nation in design
Barely a century old, Canberra continues to set the bar for design and development in Australia. Its National Library of Australia, Churchill House, High Court, Parliament House, Academy of Science...
Essential new construction laws that you should know
From 1 July 2021, NSW Fair Trading is introducing changes to the residential building industry to restore consumer confidence and make sure that all apartment buildings meet Building Code of...
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