Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Want to build your own home? – Know these facts…


Many of us always wished to design our own house, and quite a lot of us are creative enough to do that as well. But, amongst a whole lot of us, some of us even wish to carry out all the supervisory and other functions for our house. We want to make sure that the right material is being used in our house along with the right labor force and the work is being carried out as per our expectations. But, doing this is a much greater effort than getting it done. But some of us do not wish to compromise in any way, do we? So now, our task is that we have to find ways so that we acquire fast, professional accreditations which help us in constructing our own house (of course with the help of others). In other words, we have to become the owner builder.
  As the name suggests, the person concerned will be an owner who wants to and is capable of performing the roles of a builder for his/her own house. There are many rules and regulations as per the Australian Law for this matter. The role of the owner builder NSW will and shall only be limited to the property in which he/she lives or intends to live in the future. Nor can this title, on acquisition of it, be transferred to another person. Also, the person must be over 18 years of age to file for a permit. The permit is not issued once the work has commenced and cannot be issued to an acting relative etc.

The works of the owner builder ranges from supervising, ordering of material, maintain safety hazards, etc. It must be noted that even though the owner builder has a permit, there are additional licenses required for specialist jobs such as plumbing, electricity etc. Also, there are many approvals required before commencing the work such as construction approval, using legitimate workers approval, insurance, fair trading approvals and many more.
Another important thing to note before getting into any construction is that there should be an approved White Card Course certificate in hand. This is an accredited course on Occupational Health and Safety (OH & S) which teaches the person how to avoid and deal with hazards in the workplace. On completion, an examination is required to get the certificate.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Importance of construction companies


Today we are living in the modern era. This is the era of advancement in every field that includes industrialization, urbanization etc. Also in this modern world everyone wants to make more and more money. People are migrating towards big cities in search of good jobs and higher education. And therefore population is increasing day by day in big cities and to adjust these people in these cities more and more buildings are being constructed. And for that more and more urbanization is taking place. Even small cities are being developed and a lot of construction work is also done there. So we can see that now a day there is huge demand of construction engineers.

In past building making was not a big deal. Even persons without proper qualifications use to make building. But now a day the entire scene has changed. Today for this purpose one has to be properly qualified. Building buildings without proper qualification is an offence and is punishable. Also it is very risky. Now a day there is a complete procedure of building buildings. First of all owner of the building has to pass the map of the building he want to build. Then the contract of the building is given to a contractor and then he supervises the work of that building. For all this stuff there are a lot of universities which provide these type of courses like owner builder courses, professional building courses etc. This is a new field with a lot of scope. Now a day many youngsters are going towards this direction because they know it is an evergreen field because new buildings cause urbanization is not going to stop,  new buildings will be made and there will be a constant demand of these youngsters. In many countries there are some extra rules one has to follow to construct a building. For example in some countries there is rule that to construct a building exceeding a certain amount one has to take permission. This is called construction induction. In this process one has to make a card to make the building which is exceeding a certain amount. There is also a rule in some countries that to make a building exceeding a certain number of floors one has to take permission. It is because at certain places making big buildings is not safe. So we can see that this is a rising field with a lot of scope and this is the reason why more and more youngsters are choosing this field.

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