The NSW Government has released the government’s response to a national report into compliance and enforcement in the building industry.

The government has indicated that many of the recommendations will be adopted, including the introduction of a “Building Commissioner”.

Recommendations focus on the following:

• registration and training of practitioners;
• roles and responsibilities of regulators;
• role of fire authorities;
• integrity of private building surveyors;
• collecting and sharing building information and intelligence;
• adequacy of documentation and record keeping;
• inspection regimes;
• post-construction information management;
• building product safety; and
• the appropriate and effective implementation of any changes.

Click below to read the report in full.

National Report – Building Confidence – by Peter Shergold and Bronwyn Weir