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MINISTER FOR URBAN SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 427

Building Control - Location of Inspectors

Mr Westende - asked the Minister for Urban Services: :.

(1) Is the Minister aware of the costly and inconvenient. situation of having the Plumbing and Electrical Inspectors located separately to the building inspectors for approval of building: plans

(2) Are steps being taken to alleviate this problem by housing

these sections in the one building thus speeding up the plan

approval process

Mr Connolly - the answer to the Members question is as follows:

(1) At the present time ACT Building Control co-ordinates the

approval of building proposals with other organisations

including ACTEW, in regard to electrical and plumbing

building approvals. .In effect, a person submitting plans is

required to come to either Civic or Tuggeranong Building

control counters to submit plans, which are .then delivered

on the ACTEW.

In regard to the building phase, ACTEW conduct their own inspections in isolation to Building Control.. There is sometimes a need for ACTEW to seek information from contractors, being builders, electricians or plumbers, and a requirement for these contractors to visit the ACTEW service centres in Mitchell and Tuggeranong. ,

In March, 1993 ACT Building. Control will be located in accommodation in Mitchell, Woden and Tuggeranong. Building Control is currently located in Civic and Tuggeranong.

It is not a major inconvenience for contractors to attend

both ACTEW and Building Control locations and this will

become less of a problem from March 1993 when the offices

will be located in problem to each other and close

to the developing areas of Tuggeranong and Gungahlin.

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