Construction Law Assignment - (Solved)
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Construction Law Assignment - (Solved)
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Running head: CONSTRUCTION LAW Construction LawName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1CONSTRUCTION LAWIntroductionThe distinctive branch of Law that manages engineering, construction and other relatedactivities is called ‘Construction Law’. Taking construction law as backbone, other streams likethe employment law, planning law, commercial law, torts, etc. were originated. The law inquestion has taken upon itself to cover a wide range of problems, such as negligence, guarantees,securities, bonds, constructional claims, tender related issues, consultancy contracts, etc (Hughes,Champion and Murdoch, 2015). Such laws focus on several participants, socially, economically,legally and financially. Financial Institutions, Engineers, builders, architects, constructionalworkers, industries, companies and other institutions can be called its prime benefactors and theones affected by it the most.Australian Standards in Construction LawIt can be stated that for construction and building related laws, Australia has developed manystandards.1 Such standards directly affect the engineering and construction industries while alsofactoring in the effectiveness of work, the quality, safety and the efficiency. In this case, adocument providing rules and regulations and a detailed overview of how these rules areapplicable on the varied lawful situations, would be called a ’standard’. The Building Code ofAustralia is a culmination and record of all laws and standards that can be put to use in anappropriate situation to counter subjects and also to maintain lawful actions, some of its uses arespecified below:1Burr, A. (Ed.). (2016).Delay and disruption in construction contracts. CRC Press.
2CONSTRUCTION LAW1. Maintaining the waterproofing system and constructing things necessary to support it inbuildings.22. Implementation of design in the disability access structures.33. Standards of products and production of test-modules for doors, windows etc.44. Standardizing and implementing designs for production of smoke detectors.The lawyers in Australia have to follow a series of activities that come under the constructionlaw as a whole; they are drafting contracts and Advising, preparing agreements for joint venture,recovery of debt, distribution of litigation and resolution, development and planning of variousapplications with council members etc. It should be remembered that all such combinations areonly possible when approved by state, local and federal laws of the country.5National Construction Code (NCC) and other ActsThe National Construction Code or the NCC was a code formulated by the Australian Buildingcodes Board (ABCB) that presents, in detail, the necessary requirements for architecting andconstructing a new building in Australia. It is seen that the code examines in the great detail, thesafety, amenity and any health related issues that can be connected with the said building and itsoverall design. Within it are the Building Codes of Australia (BCA) and Plumbing Codes ofAustralia (PCA) in the volumes 1 and 2 and the volume 3, respectively.6The current amended2Murray, M. (2013).Corporate social responsibility in the construction industry. Routledge.3Zhou, Z., Goh, Y. M., & Li, Q. (2015). Overview and analysis of safety management studies in the constructionindustry.Safety science,72, 337-350.4Gan, X., Zuo, J., Ye, K., Skitmore, M., & Xiong, B. (2015). Why sustainable construction? Why not? An owner'sperspective.Habitat International,47, 61-68.5Gan, X., Zuo, J., Ye, K., Skitmore, M., & Xiong, B. (2015). Why sustainable construction? Why not? An owner'sperspective.Habitat International,47, 61-68.6Bailey, I.H., Bell, M. and Bell, C., 2011.Construction law in Australia. Lawbook Company.
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