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BDQ Partners with Breezway for Sustainable Building Solutions
Building Design Queensland (BDQ) is excited to announce our newest partnership with Breezway, the leading Australian manufacturer of high-performance and energy-rated Altair Louvre Windows. With over 85 years of experience…
Advocacy Update: QBCC Updates Technical Qualifications for Licensing
Santa has arrived a little early at BDQ and we couldn’t be happier. After nine months of numerous letters to the Minister, meetings with senior Department of Energy and Public…
Superdraft Australia Pty Ltd Placed Into Liquidation
The following is advice from Webber Insurance – see the bottom of this article for Webber Insurance’s ASFL details and contact Daniel Webebr (daniel@webberinsurance.com.au) for further information. An update from…
BDQ Welcomes C2CPRO as Platinum Partner
We’re excited to welcome the team at C2CPRO to the BDQ family as our newest Platinum Partner! C2C Pro have created a game-changing digital tool that radically improves the design…
BDQ Members Vote to Include Building Design Industry Professionals
BDQ is excited to announce that today members voted unanimously in favour of allowing a wider community of Building Design Industry Professionals to become full members of the association. This…
Insurance Case Study – Copyright
The Job Designer was approached to design a house for a client. The client had a clear design vision and provided the designer with existing plans. The designer did a…
Insurance Case Study – Sewer Lines
The Job Designer was engaged to design an extension and an employee of the design company provided all the services. The Allegations During construction, the sewer line was dug up…
Insurance Case Study – Informal Advice
The Job The designer was approached by a prospective client who was looking to purchase a block of land. The prospective client asked the designer ‘roughly how many townhouses could…
6 Design Awards tips from previous winners
New to the awards game? Entered before but keen to really nail it this year? Some of our previous BDQ Design Awards winners have put together tips & tricks to…
BDQ Partners with Youturn Youth Support
We’re excited to announce we have signed an ongoing, collaborative partnership with Youturn Youth Support. This unique partnership is just one of the ways Building Design Queensland is supporting our…
BDQ Welcomes 2021-2022 Management Committee
Our members elected their 2021-2022 Management Committee on Friday at the 2021 Annual General Meeting. For the first time in our 31 year history, and in an industry that is…
Why joining your Associations the best thing you can do for your Building Design business in 2021
After the crazy year that was, it’s time to hit the ground running in 2021! Make the resolution to work on you and your business this year. The COVID-19 pandemic…
5 Awards Categories to Enter in 2021
It’s that time of year again where BDAQ members far and wide look at their projects and decide which ones are ‘awards worthy’. But are you entering all the categories…
Member Spotlight: Peter Searle
Member: Peter SearleBranch: Gold Coast Charming, handsome family man, Peter Searle, finds it more difficult than most of us to run his Gold Coast building design practice because Peter is…
Q&A with Webber Insurance
We’re excited to present our members with some information regarding changes to PI Insurance provided by our State Partners, Webber Insurance. Who is affected by changes in PI Insurance and…