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20/06/2024 – Webinar: Industry Update – What’s new for you? (NSW focus)

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Join Kaveetha Kumar (Special Counsel) and Elliot Brookes (Associate) at Clyde & Co Lawyers, when they bring their years of knowledge within the construction industry and expertise in law to present our next webinar. Dive into the world of recent developments to the DBP Act as well as other NSW legislative changes to the construction industry. Our Webinar will also focus on unfair contracts in the context of standard government contracts and tendering.

Clyde & Co Lawyers specialise in defending construction professionals in lawsuits and as a result, bring a vast wealth of legal and commercial insight to this important webinar update.

  • Event Information:

    Date:

    Thursday 20 June 2024

    Time:

    1.00pm – 2.00pm (AEST)

    Cost:

    General Admission: $80

    (Special prices for Planned Cover clients and informed mailing list using your discount code.)

    CPD:

    1 formal hour

Learning Objectives:

Following completion of this webinar, you will be able to:

  • Have a greater understanding of the DBP Act and how proportionate liability works with this legislation;
  • Gain further insight into what the new ‘fitness for purpose’ requirements are on registered engineers under the DBP Act and its impact;
  • Identify changes to legislation in NSW within the construction industry including the Building Legislation Amendment Bill 2023; and
  • Obtain a broad understanding of unfair contracts legislation, how it applies to your practice, in particular the circumstances around government projects and tenders.

Units of Competency / Performance Criteria (as per the National Standard of Competency for Architects 2021):

PC 1, PC 45, PC 46, PC 55