Australian Building Codes Board

About the Board

• The Board reports to the Australian Government Minister and State and Territory Ministers responsible for building regulatory matters.  It provides a vital link for the building industry between building practice and government building regulatory policy;
• It also acts as a catalyst for regulatory reform and seeks to balance the competing views of all stakeholders involved in the building and construction industry, including the community; and
• The Board consists of an independent chairperson, four industry representatives, an Australian Government representative, senior executives responsible for building regulatory matters from all State and Territory governments, and a local government representative.  The current Board members are:

Name	Position/Organisation
Graham Huxley AM	Chair
Tony Arnel	Commissioner, Building Commission Victoria (Victorian Representative)
Glen Brumby	Executive Director, Building Codes Queensland, Department of Infrastructure and Planning (Queensland Representative)
Councillor John Chandler	Australian Local Government Association
Kerrie Crowder	Director, Building Control, Workplace Standards Tasmania (Tasmanian Representative)
Leah Croke	A/g Executive Director Land Services, NT Department of Planning and Infrastructure (Northern Territory Representative)
Robin Fardoulys	Chairman, Australian Construction Industry Forum (Industry Representative)
Peter Gow	Executive Director, Department of Commerce (Western Australian Representative)
John Hudson	Director, Sustainable Systems Branch, NSW Department of Planning (New South Wales Representative)
Barry Nielsen	Director, Pitt & Sherry Consulting Engineers (Industry Representative)
Amanda Nicholls	Director, Legislation and Best Practice Planning SA (South Australian Representative)
Stephen Payne	Head of Division, Manufacturing, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science & Research (Commonwealth Representative)
Caroline Pidcock	Director, Pidcock – Architecture & Sustainability (Industry Representative)
Neil Savery	Chief Planning Executive, ACT Planning & Land Authority (Australian Capital Territory Representative)

The Board's Role

• Sets minimum technical building requirements, standards and regulatory systems that are nationally consistent between States and Territories and which are cost-effective, performance-based and facilitate modern and efficient building practices;
• Ensures that the BCA is maintained and continues to meet the ABCB's objectives of health, safety, amenity and sustainability in buildings;
• Performs a regulatory "gatekeeper" role and to examine and promote opportunities to reduce regulatory burden;
• Undertakes and encourages innovative research and development within the industry to ensure a world-class building code;
• Consults with Government, industry and the community to achieve transparency in the regulation reform process;
• Simplifies the wording of the BCA requirements to achieve user-friendliness;
• Coordinates reform activities with other agencies to ensure consistency and encourage consolidation into the BCA of all mandatory requirements affecting buildings;
• Promotes national consistency in building regulations;
• Facilitates an efficient regulatory environment leading to an internationally competitive building and construction industry; and
• Undertakes education and marketing activities to increase awareness of building regulatory reform and to enhance the use of Board publications and products.