National Code Essay

The National Code of Practice for the construction industry (The National Code) sets out the minimum standards construction companies have to meet to be eligible for any construction work funded by the Australian Government. It was developed jointly by the Departments of Labour Advisory and the Australian Procurement and Construction Council. The National Code has been endorsed and adopted by Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments through the Procurement and Construction Ministers Council and the Labour Ministers Council. (Council, 1999).

The Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC) are responsible for the education, monitoring, and the reporting of compliance with the National Code. An important part of the FWBC duties to monitor compliance of the code is to carry put regular site checks, in which a companies on-site processess and practices will be assessed to ascertain its level of understanding of the National Code. The FWBC will also carry out audits which will seek to ensure that the main contractor is complying with all the necessary laws by having a detailed look at all documents, and on-site processes and practices. If a company has failed on any of the practices, they will be given a chance to rectify the

In September of 2015, the head of the UK’s BIM task force met with businessess and Government agencies in some of the major cities in Australia to discuss the positive effects that BIM is having on the way large projects are planned, designed, constructed and managed in the UK. There was such a strong interest shown in BIM by the industry and State Government representatives that they have recently visited the UK to gain more insight into the cost saving effects of BIM and how these practices could be successfully used more widely in