Licensed Building Practitioner’s Scheme:
From 1 March 2012 critical building work that is known as Restricted Building Work must be done by a Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP).
Presently, the new legislation applies only to residential properties as current legislation around commercial construction is considered adequate.
Arcadia believes that this may change, so will continue to ensure that all our people are suitably qualified, competent and, if necessary, licensed.
The LBP scheme aims to ensure that people in the building industry who are responsible for the building work done are competent and accountable, so that homes and buildings are designed and built properly the first time around, to an improved standard of workmanship in an attempt to put ‘leaky home syndrome’ well and truly behind us.
Under the Building Act 2004 the Department of Building and Housing established the Licensed Building Practitioner Scheme in November 2007. This scheme sets out a regulated process where skilled and/or qualified building practitioners are required to demonstrate their ability to meet industry consulted competencies in order to obtain the status of being a Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP).
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Arcadia is a licensed designer, holding a Design 3 Licence.