Building Certifiers: Accredited Certifiers: Building Certification & Construction Certificates

HENDRY building certifiers / accredited certifiers provide a comprehensive suite of building certification control services which include BCA Audits, essential fire safety measures reports, Aged Care Audits and BCA Alternative Solutions. Our building certifiers / accredited certifiers can also act as an Accredited Certifier / Principal Certifying Authority, the issuing of Construction Certificates, Complying Development Certificates and Occupation Certificates.

Building Audits

HENDRY building certifiers / accredited certifiers have the experience to perform BCA Audits, Due Diligence Audits, Disability Access Audits, Aged Care Audits, Fire Safety Audits, Dangerous Goods Audits and Essential Fire Safety Measures Audits for clients, a number of our BCA Audits lead to construction certificates.

nsw_epar2000Since the Building Code of Australia (BCA) does not apply to buildings retrospectively, and is continually being revised and improved, building certifiers / accredited certifiers will advise that most buildings in New South Wales do not comply with the current BCA. A building owner wishing to sell, or a prospective purchaser of a building, may need to know from our building certifiers / accredited certifiers whether the building complies with the current BCA in such areas as fire and life safety measures, health and amenity provisions, access for disabled, services compliance, consequences of Construction Certificates, and services life expectancy. HENDRY building certifiers / accredited certifiers can provide building owners or prospective building purchasers with an accurate assessment of the compliance status of their building, so that informed decisions can be made in the construction certificates process if required.

Fire Safety Engineering & Alternative Solutions

bca2011Our building certifiers / accredited certifiers can advise that the deemed to satisfy requirements of the Building Code of Australia can often impose unnecessary building costs as a result of conservative provisions. The BCA is however, a performance-based code allowing alternative solutions to be assessed for approval by a building certifiers / accredited certifiers for Construction Certificates and Complying Development Certificates. Its performance requirements can be used by our building certifiers / accredited certifiers in order to achieve an alternative solution to prescriptive specified standards. The performance regulations provide the criteria for building certifiers / accredited certifiers to ensure that regulatory objectives are achieved, and allow for alternative innovative, safe and cost effective building designs to be presented for various construction certificates. HENDRY building certifiers / accredited certifiers have the qualifications and experience necessary to assess fire safety engineering performance-based alternative solutions. Our building certifiers / accredited certifiers are able to assist you with your Construction Certificates and Complying Development Certificates.