Design and building practitioners working on regulated buildings

Find out about your responsibilities as a design or building practitioner in NSW, as well as information on performing remedial and emergency building work.

Design practitioner obligations

Learn about the responsibilities design practitioners have when working on regulated buildings, including key obligations, registration requirements and roles.

Maintaining your design practitioner registration

Find out what's required to maintain your design practitioner credentials, including complying with the code of practice and obligations for Continuing Professional Development (CPD), record keeping and more.
 

Vertical transportation design

Find out about the requirements for vertical transportation designs for regulated buildings and the obligations of design practitioners.

Building practitioner obligations

Learn about the responsibilities building practitioners have when working on regulated buildings, including registration requirements.

Maintaining your building practitioner registration

Learn about what you need to do to maintain your design practitioner credentials, including information about the code of practice and requirements for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and record keeping.

Remedial and emergency building work

Remedial building work

Learn all about remedial building work, including if your work is an emergency, what's required for Construction Issued Regulated Designs (CIRD), and when demarcation of an existing building should be made clear.

Emergency remedial building work

Find out what emergency remedial work is, the obligations for owners corporations, building owners, strata managers and design and building practitioners, and how to lodge relevant documents with Building Commission NSW.

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Design practitioners – qualifications and experience

Design practitioners must meet eligibility requirements to register for the NSW Design and Building Practitioners scheme, including approved qualifications and experience. Find out more.

Building practitioners – qualifications and experience

Building practitioners must meet eligibility requirements to register for the NSW Design and Building Practitioners scheme, including approved qualifications and experience. Find out more. 

Our audit strategy

We aim to give the people of NSW confidence in the work produced by the NSW building industry. Find out how design and building practitioners are audited and what happens during the auditing process.

Building classes and roles of professionals

Read about which building classes are regulated in NSW, and the roles of professionals who work on regulated buildings.

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