Building Advisory Notices and Newsletter
The building advisory service provides regular updates about policy initiatives, legislative and technical changes, training events, information for professional practitioners and general interest items for the broader building sector.
Building Advisory Service
The free service comprises of an e-newsletter entitled The Building Standard and advisory notices, issued by the department.
See Updates to subscribe to this service and download previous editions.
Building advisory notices are issued to inform building practitioners of proposed changes to South Australian building legislation and other building control matters and to assist interpretation and adoption by the industry.
Notice 01/19 - Adoption of Amendment 1 to Minister's Specification SA 76 Maintenance and testing of essential safety provisions (PDF, 167 KB)
Notice 02/19 - Adoption of the Building Code of Australia (BCA) 2019 (PDF, 188 KB)
Notice 03/19 - Professional indemnity insurance - Limitations and exclusions (PDF, 299 KB)
Notice 04/19 - Minister's Schedule of Construction Indices 2019-2020 (PDF, 179 KB)
Notice 05/19 - Swimming pool safety requirements under the PDI Act (PDF, 156 KB)
Notice 06/19 - Regulation 17 of the PDI (Accredited Professionals) Regulations 2019 - An Accredited Professional’s responsibility to hold “reasonable and adequate insurance” (PDF, 218 KB)
Notice 07/19 - Accreditation under the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 – building professionals operating under the Development Act 1993 and holding the appropriate qualification (PDF, 214 KB)
Notice 01/18 - New requirements for designated building products (PDF, 320 KB)
Notice 02/18 - Minister's Schedule of Construction Indices 2018-2019 (PDF, 294 KB)
Notice 03/18 - Private bushfire shelters (PDF, 439 KB)
Notice 04/18 - Laundry facilities in residential buildings (PDF, 494 KB)
Notice 05/18 - Building indemnity insurance (PDF, 307 KB)
Notice 08/16 - Design of non-structural building elements for seismic purposes (PDF, 176 KB)
Notice 07/16 - Building Code of Australia 2016 (PDF, 153 KB)
Notice 06/16 - Minister's Schedule of Construction Indices 2016/17 (PDF, 179 KB)
Notice 04/16 - Application of the change in use provisions (dwelling status) (PDF, 146 KB)
Notice 03/16 - Consistency between planning and building consents (Re-issue) (PDF, 179 KB)
Notice 02/16 - Energy efficiency provisions and the use of solar offsets (PDF, 168 KB)
Notice 01/16 - Withdrawal of the registration scheme for House Energy Rating Assessors (PDF, 190 KB)
Notice 04/15 - Swimming pool safety: Water recirculation systems - skimmer boxes (PDF, 208 KB)
Notice 03/15 - Minister's Schedule of Construction Indices 2015/16 (PDF, 173 KB)
Notice 02/15 - Building work supervisors for roof framing (PDF, 172 KB)
Notice 01/15 - Adoption of Ministers Specification SA 76 Maintenance and testing of essential safety provisions - 2015 edition (PDF, 215 KB)
Notice 14/14 - Recommencement of Auditing (PDF, 158 KB)
Notice 13/14 - Specification C1_11 Performance of external walls in fire (PDF, 160 KB)
Notice 12/14 - Non-conforming building products (PDF, 177 KB)
Notice 11/14 - Ministers Schedule of Construction Indices for 2014/2015 (PDF, 135 KB)
Notice 10/14 - Retention of documentation relating to consents issued (PDF, 174 KB)
Notice 08/14 - Issuing of building rules consents (PDF, 208 KB)
Notice 07/14 - Classification of buildings where the occupants require some level of care (PDF, 124 KB)
Notice 06/14 - Earth walls and use of Table 3.12.1.3b of Volume Two of the Building Code of Australia (PDF, 127 KB)
Notice 05/14 - New requirements for the interconnection of smoke alarms (PDF, 95 KB)
Notice 05/12 - Fire safety protection for Class 1 buildings (PDF, 129 KB)
Notice 04/12 - Alternative methods for complying with the six star energy efficiency requirement (PDF, 172 KB)
Notice 03/12 - Applying energy efficiency measures to Class 1 building alterations and additions (PDF, 77 KB)
Notice 02/12 - Non deemed-to-satisfy external wall cladding systems (PDF, 70 KB)
Notice 01/12 - Water tanks for fighting bushfires (PDF, 55 KB)
Notice 29/04 - Assessing compliance fire stopping for plumbing and ventilation services (PDF, 32 KB)
Notice 27/04 - Complying development (PDF, 33 KB)
Notice 18/04 - Closing of development application files (PDF, 37 KB)
Notice 15/04 - Notification of a decision (PDF, 55 KB)
Notice 14A/04 - Staged consent and approvals (PDF, 43 KB)
Notice 48/03 - Maintenance of street fire hydrants (PDF, 51 KB)
Notice 33/03 - Essential safety provisions (PDF, 44 KB)
Notice 29/03 - Consents, inspections and complaints (PDF, 43 KB)
Notice 20/03 - Advice on inclusion of building rules in professional development plan (PDF, 31 KB)
Notice 12/03 - Windows and glazed assemblies (PDF, 28 KB)
Notice 05/03 - Alternative solutions (PDF, 48 KB)
Legislation advisory notices are issued to inform practitioners of proposed changes to South Australian planning and development legislation to assist interpretation and adoption by the industry.
Legislation Advisory Notice 01/15 - Regulation update Development Variation Regulations 2015 (PDF, 152 KB)
Legislation Advisory Notice 02/15 - Regulation update Port Adelaide Regional Centre Zone Variation Regulations 2015 (PDF, 165 KB)
Legislation Advisory Notice 03/15 - Development (Miscellaneous) Variation Regulations 2015 (PDF, 243 KB)
Legislation Advisory Notice 04/15 - Development (Renewal of Social Housing) Variation Regulations 2015 (PDF, 159 KB)
