Master Builders Western Australia — May-June 2017

SUBSCRIPTION ENQUIRIES: Master Builder is

available for subscription at a cost of $55/year. Contact

Membership Services Manager Veronica Mill via email

at [email protected] for further information.

MBAWA BOARD OF MANAGEMENT:

President: Rob Spadaccini

Senior Vice President: David Crothers

Vice President: Jack Pleiter

Treasurer: Grant Burgess

Immediate Past President: John Ripp

Board Members: Philip Kemp, Jason Kunkler,

Steve McConkey, Dan Perkins, Robert Shaw

Michael Vermey, Michael Van Dongen

SENIOR STAFF:

Director: Michael McLean

Contracts & Administration Manager: Charles Anderson

Construction Director: Kim Richardson

Membership Services Manager: Veronica Mill

Housing Director: Jason Robertson

Business Director: Graeme Dix

Marketing Manager: Kelly Dewar-Matusik

Events Manager: Monique Milne

Technical Advisor: Romina De Santis

Training Director: Neil Du Rand

Safety Manager: Michael Fitzgerald

HEAD OFFICE:

35-37 Havelock Street,

West Perth WA 6005

Post: PO Box 167, West Perth WA 6872

Phone: (08) 9476 9800

(Country) 1300 550 262

Fax: (08) 9476 9801

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.mbawa.com

REGIONAL BRANCHES:

Albany-Great Southern: Linda Gibbs Ph 9841 6232

Bunbury-South West: Geoff Bosustow Ph 9721 6547

Geraldton-North West: Dianne Gilleland Ph 9921 5061

Esperance: Doug Backhouse Ph 0437 184 366

Kalgoorlie: Sarah Hinton Ph 0412 487 970

MEMBERSHIP INQUIRIES:

Veronica Mill Ph (08) 9476 9800

Master Builder is the of cial publication of The Master

Builders Association of Western Australia. It is produced  ve

times per year and published by Crowther-Blayne & Associates

Pty Ltd. Master Builders Association of Western Australia was

established in1898 and is the state’s oldest building industry

organisation. The MBAWA is part of the Australia-wide

Master Builder movement. Master Builder is produced to keep

members informed of matters affecting them. Opinions and/

or statements in any editorial and/or advertisements are not

necessarily those of the publisher and/or the MBAWA. The

publisher reserves the right to reject any material deemed

unsuitable for publication. Other than for the purposes of

and subject to the conditions prescribed under the copyright

Act 1968, no part of Master Builder may in any form or by any

means (electronic, mechanical, microcopying, photocopying,

recording or otherwise) be reproduced, stored in a retrieval

system or transmitted without prior written permission from

the MBAWA or Crowther-Blayne & Associates Pty Ltd.

PUBLISHED BY

Crowther Blayne & Associates Pty Ltd

Phone: 1800 222 757 Fax: 1800 063 151

Email: [email protected]

Sales: Paul Baird, Rose Delosreyes, David Wood,

Daniel Rutland, Simon Kim, Scott Sharples

Email: [email protected]

Managing Editor: Trish Riley

Production Manager: Lynda Keys

Advertising Coordinator: Yvonne Okseniuk

Graphic Design Team: Andrew Crabb, Judith Terrill,

Michelle Triana

Printed by Newstyle Printing

In this issue...

FOREWORDS

President’s File ..................................................... 4

Director’s File ........................................................ 6

REPORTS

General News ....................................................... 8
Branches ............................................................ 14

AWARDS

Housing Excellence Awards ............................... 18

South West Awards ............................................ 22

Our Cover

UPDATES

Building Business ................................................ 28

Health .................................................................. 30

Housing ............................................................... 32

Industrial Relations .............................................. 34

Insurance ............................................................. 37

Legal .................................................................... 38

Opinion ................................................................ 41

Safety .................................................................. 42

Technical ............................................................. 44

Training ................................................................ 45

MEMBERSHIP

Membership ........................................................ 46

Personal Pars ...................................................... 50

Master Builders’ awards program was launched in spectacular fashion with the state-

wide Housing Excellence celebrations, quickly followed by the South West’s Building

Excellence Awards in Bunbury. Full details are on pages 18-27.

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