Building Commission - Head Office
Building in Melbourne

Endorse the registration of a building practitioner or the licensing or registration of a plumbing practitioner. Can’t find what you’re looking for or need some help? The Victorian Building Authority (ABA) regulates building and plumbing practitioners to ensure the achievement of efficient and competitive building and plumbing industries in Victoria. Registering and disciplining building practitioners. Occupied with other agencies and regulators to ensure building and plumbing practitioners are supple and that consumers are protected. Publishing data for building and plumbing practitioners. Overseeing the labor of building surveyors and Victoria's building allow system. The ABA proactive Inspection Program has identified many garage brick walls on boundaries being bricked only as tall as the. The ABA Proactive Inspection Program (PIP) visits buildings under construction, inspecting the labor and engaging with building and plumbing practitioners. A Board of seven Commissioners is responsible for the governance and strategic management of the ABA to ensure its effectiveness as a regulator. Dr Owen Donald brings many years of expansive ranging experience in organizational governance and in the housing and construction sectors. Owen is also a consultant specializing in policy development and program management in housing and urban development. Kelly Humphrey is a non executive director and accomplished financial services and risk management professional with executive experience across the public and private sectors in Australia and Fresh Zealand. Mr Brian Welsh has more than 25 years' experience as executive director of two industry groups within the building and property industry 5 years as executive director of the Property Council (Vic Division) and 20 years as executive director of the Master Builders Association of Victoria (MBA). Dr Lynne Williams brings extensive lofty smooth public service experience to the Board. Ms Digby has over 30 years' experience in providing community and public related services in both the government and non government sectors. She was the first CEO of the City of Yarra and also worked as a senior manager at the City of Melbourne. She has extensive experience in managing organizational change, delivering services from complicated organizational settings, and dealing with sensitive community issues. The Victorian Building Authority's (ABA's) Regulatory Approach establishes our strategy to handle Victoria's building and plumbing industries and sets out the goals and outcomes we are committed to active towards. Our Regulatory Approach provides industry, the public, other regulators, government and our staff with a definite statement of how we aim to perform our role and what Victorians can expect from the ABA. It outlines our operational approach to delivering our core legislative responsibilities and the program of labor in our Corporate Plan 201418. The Regulatory Approach also guides how we set priorities, make resource allocation decisions and thrive policies that guide our operations. The Corporate Plan also describes the outcomes of our work, as aligned to the Building Act 1993, and our operating model.