The report ‘Building Confidence’ arose because in mid-2017 the Building Ministers Forum (BMF) asked Professor Peter Shergold AC and Ms Bronwyn Weir to undertake an assessment of the effectiveness of compliance and enforcement systems for the building and construction industry across Australia. This report is an important read as it highlights 24 recommendations that will result in a compliance and enforcement system that represent a national best practice model to strengthen the effective implementation of the NCC. The report can be downloaded here.

In response to an increase in non-conforming building products, there have been calls for a central register of credible, easily accessible information on conforming products for consumers, designers and contractors. NATSPEC received requests from some government departments and industry organisations to set up a register of construction products. NATSPEC has played their part in advocating conformity and compliance by launching the National Construction Product Register (NCPR), an online searchable database of construction products which have evidence of conformity to relevant Australian and international standards. Through the NCPR, NATSPEC aims to raise awareness in the construction industry of the importance of product conformity and help industry mitigate the risk of non-conforming building products in a cost-effective way. View The National Construction Product Register (NCPR).