Does the proposed NRF deliver an appropriate and proportionate response to BCR Recommendations 1 and 2?
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Will the NRF, if implemented, enhance confidence in the building industry by ensuring that key practitioners in the building process are registered?
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Do you foresee any risks in implementing this proposal, noting that the states and territories are responsible for implementation of the NRF?
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Please explain your reasoning.
Concerned there may be delays in design and approval processes arising from excessive risk aversion.
Do you think the proposed NRF will improve compliance with the NCC?
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Please explain your reasoning.
In the area of access compliance much depends on matters outside compliance with technical specifications in order to achieve the best outcome for a building use.
NRF Discipline Specific Comments
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Building design
Energy efficiency design
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Disability access design
Geotechnical design
Structural design
Electrical design
Mechanical design
Hydraulic design
Plumbing design
Fire safety design
Fire systems design
Façade design
Building
Fire systems installation
Plumbing
Building surveying
Fire systems inspection
Project management
Registration levels
I do not think access consultants should be seen as part of the design category but rather should be in the compliance area. Our skills rely on issues well outside the design field and include understanding of the relationship between design and use of a building by people with a range of disability and determining the relative risk factors associated with Performance Solution approach especially in the areas of existing building upgrade. While we have a role in the design phase of a building our role is best described as compliance.
Qualification requirements
Many access consultants come from a human rights perspective rather than a design perspective and that adds value to projects. Making access consultants come through the design education perspective risk devaluing the importance of a human rights perspective.
For the current generation of access consultants a grandfathering mechanism will be critical.
Experience requirements
I support the need for proven experience and continuing education requirements.