Cert IV in Small Business Management for $350.00.

Good afternoon everyone and a Happy New Year. Please have a look at the attached flyer. I am pleased to inform you that funding is available again through QLD State Government’s Small Business Solutions programs. We are delivering Cert IV in Small Business Management for $350.00. The course can cost up to $4000.00!!!!!!!!

Course commences Mid – Feb so to register just complete the form and PUT MY NAME ON THE FORM PLEASE. If you have queries just contact me.     

Regards Rod Richards – 0408750502

Marketing, Business Planning, and Education 

QLD State Govt. – Endorsed Business Mentor (www.smallbusinesssolutions.qld.gov.au)

NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CODE 2012

NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CODE 2012
INFORMATION SEMINARS
Book now! Has sold out in recent years

The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is finalising updates to the 2012 National Construction Code (NCC), and as building and plumbing industry practitioners you need to know what changes are coming into effect. Presenters from the ABCB will inform you of these changes at a series of Information Seminars, commencing in February 2012, in a capital city near you.
Amendments to the Building Code of Australia (BCA) will be covered during the morning session, while amendments to the Plumbing Code of Australia (PCA) will be covered during the afternoon session. An opportunity not to be missed, the Seminars will also feature a presentation by Standards Australia, on recently amended Australian Standards.
BCA Seminars, 9.30am – 12.30pm (includes Standards Australia presentation)
Morning seminars in all capital cities focusing on changes to the BCA and Australian Standards.
PCA Seminars, 2.00pm - 4.30pm (includes Standards Australia presentation)
Afternoon seminars in all capital cities focusing on changes to the PCA and Australian Standards.
If you are involved in the building industry, this is your opportunity to hear about relevant aspects of the consolidated code and how it will affect your work. Don’t miss out – NCC takes effect on 1 May 2012.
Mark these dates in your calendar:
Brisbane 22 or 23 March Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Visit the ABCB website for registration details www.abcb.gov.au

7th National Housing Conference

The 7th National Housing Conference will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from 30 October to 2 November 2012.

This year’s conference theme is People, Place and Productivity. The variety of speakers and session streams will be of interest to everyone involved in Australia’s housing and homelessness policy and practice – including governments, non-profit housing and related organisations, tenants, researchers, developers and planners.

The topics will focus on:

• population impacts
• infrastructure
• regional cities
• keeping pace with demand
• growth in Indigenous communities
• flexibility of supply
• complexities of service delivery integration
• progress with the implementation of national reforms/agreements.

More detailed information will be sent to you soon. Until then, save the dates in your diary.

Tuesday 30 October to Friday 2 November 2012.

Special site tours and conference activities will commence on Tuesday, with a welcome reception scheduled for that evening. The official opening will be at 8:30am on Wednesday, followed by the first plenary session. The conference will conclude on Friday at 12:30pm..

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Cnr Merivale and Glenelg Streets South Bank, Brisbane.

Call for Entries - Abode Awards 2012

Entries are now open

This year’s Abode House of the Year Awards will reward excellence in Australian residential design and construction. We will celebrate those who excel in their industry at our gala dinner at Crown Casino in May 2012. Architects, building designers, interior designers, builders and developers are all invited to submit their best work for consideration in this year’s awards. Our theme this year is ‘Looking to the Future' – we are celebrating the metamorphosis of built form and the professionals who not only meet the requirements of our way of life, but are going beyond to be excellent in their fields of expertise.

The Abode Awards are Australia’s independent accolades, honoring those who deserve the recognition without bias.

To enter the awards is simple. Go to http://www.abodeawards.com/ to download a simple entry form or enter online.

Informal 'Welcome 2012' social gathering

Wednesday, 25th January, 2012 - Start time 6.00pm

Our first get together, to welcome in the New Year, is to be an informal, social gathering over drinks and nibbles. Partners are welcome.

The venue is the Noosa Reef Hotel, 19 Noosa Drive, Noosa Heads
(upper level behind the bistro bar - BDAQ banner will be on display)



COST:   $5.00 covercharge per head (pay on entry) Buy your own drinks.


Please  RSVP before Thursday Jan 19 and advise of any special dietary requirements to ian@mojodesign.net.au

Your early RSVP would be appreciated so that all the necessary arrangements can be made with the venue.

New Workplace Health and Safety Laws

This is an extract from information provided by "Planned Risk" insurance brokers (perhaps worth checking with your own PI insurance advisor):

You may be aware that Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia have recently introduced workplace health and safety obligations which attract fines and penalties for designers who fail to eliminate or minimise safety risks in buildings and structures they design.

As the new safe design obligations have been inserted into the various state based workplace health and safety legislation,

they create criminal liability outside the ambit of most professional indemnity insurance policies -

which tend to cover professionals for their civil liability only.

This means that if you are prosecuted by one of the state governments alleging a breach of a statutory safe design obligation, you will have to pay the legal and other costs associated with having to investigate the matter, defend the proceedings as well as the fines that may follow.

The good news is that we are able to source insurance for you that provides protection in the event that an allegation is made that you have breached a certain statute, including statutory safe design obligations.