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The following Acceptable Local Practice templates are published:

Building Work
These document templates describe building work and place reasonable limits on the compliance and workmanship expectations to better manage building work expectations.
 
Work Practices
These document templates describe the work practices required of Contract Administrators, Designers and Draftspeople, Estimators and Schedulers, Supervisors, Tradespeople and Suppliers for the as-built outcomes to be as described by the Building Work documents.

Downloads are listed alphabetically under each type heading. Each title has a brief description and a link to an expanded summary. The full document template can be downloaded by clicking the link at the foot of the summary text.

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Building Work

Specification

    Document Template for a Specification of Nominal Building Work for New Buildings

    This document provides a template for a Specification for new buildings that lists descriptions of compliance and workmanship and the limits placed on those descriptions to better manage building work expectations. Read summary text

    Specification of Nominal Building Work Document Template for Alterations & Additions

    This document provides a template for a Specification for alterations and additions that lists descriptions of compliance and workmanship and the limits placed on those descriptions to better manage building work expectations. Read summary text

Addenda

    Addenda (Alterations & Additions) Document Template

    This document provides an Addenda template for a Specification of Nominal Building Work for Alterations & Additions. Read summary text

    Addenda (New Building Work) Document Template

    This document provides a template for an Addenda to the Specification of Nominal Building Work Addenda for New Buidling Work. Read summary text

Useful Questions - Contracting Documents

    Useful Questions Template for Contracting Documents

    This template is only intended to promote thought and consideration of issues that could arise, and which contracting document is appropriate for their description. ABLE does not provide legal advice or opinion. A legal practitioner should be consulted when making decisions about Contract clauses. Read summary text

Purchase Order

    Document Template for a Purchase Order

    This document provides a template for a Purchase Order linking building work to the Work Practice Description included in a “Sub-Contracted Work Agreement”(*Association contracts have differing titles). Read summary text

Contract Variation

    Document Template for a Contract Work Variation

    This document provides a template for describing the offer made by the Builder when the Owner and/or Builder requests that a Variation to previously agreed Contract Work. Read summary text

As-Built Outcomes

    Document Template for an As-Built Inspection Report Protocol

    This document provides an indicative reporting format and nominates the scope of technical description that will be contained in an As-built Inspection Report. Read summary text

Scope of Work Statement

    Structural Concrete Surface Finish Document Template

    Concrete floor surfaces are only suitable for carpet, plank-on ply, ceramic tile and other standard floor coverings. Extra costs will be incurred to achieve the “specific” type of finish required for the installation of floor coverings such as direct-stick timber boards, large dimension and/or non-standard type tiles, and some vinyl materials. Read summary text

Work Practice Descriptions

Site

    Document Template for a Roof Carpentry Trade Work Practice Description

    This document provides a template for describing the Roof Carpentry Trade Work Practices required for a timber roof frame on masonry walls to be built as specified, and the Supervision benchmarks used to verify work outcomes. Read summary text

    Masonry Trade Work Practice Document Template

    This document provides a template for describing the Masonry Trade Work Practices required for masonry work to be built as specified, and the Supervision benchmarks used to verify work outcomes. Read summary text

Office

    Design & Drafting Work Practice Document Template

    This document provides a template for describing the Design & Drafting Work Practices required for design concepts and working drawings to reflect specified building work. Read summary text

    Estimating & Scheduling Work Practice Document Template

    This document provides a template for describing the Estimating & Scheduling Work Practices required for quantities and costs to reflect specified building work. Read summary text