Review of domestic building contracts acts for construction of low-rise residential buildings

Abstract

Erstwhile studies related to defects associated with newly constructed low-rise domestic buildings in the state of Victoria, Australia indicates that defects per house in detached residential houses have increased. Over the last three decades, in an attempt to improve quality in residential houses built in Victoria, there has been significant legislative changes to the domestic building contracts; however, current guidelines fall short to achieve the desired qualitative outcome. The purpose of this research is to review and evaluate the Domestic Building Contracts Acts across states in Australia, where the highest volume of residential building construction is undertaken, and subsequently pr..