Newcastle Building Certifiers & Approvals
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Your trusted building certifiers in Newcastle: 20+ years of local experience in residential, commercial, industrial, school & health!
SureScope Building Certifiers is a Newcastle-born building certification company servicing Newcastle, the Central Coast, the Port Stephens areas and Greater NSW.
In previous years, our principal certifier, Scott O’Donohue, was a licenced builder and contractor who went through the Master Builders Association Apprenticeship Scheme. He worked on small residential projects, multi-storey hospitals, and the like. He knows exactly what it’s like to be on the other side of the project, especially when bringing it all together from his office to your job site!
Extensive experience and a team of dedicated professionals are at the forefront of the business.
Our accredited team has a tertiary education, including university and postgraduate degrees in building surveying, construction management, carpentry, and building.
Our private certifiers can issue construction approvals and act as the principal certifying authority for even the most complex buildings. We can simplify the construction certification and building approvals for your development, making the process faster, smoother, and easier.
Our technical staff includes unrestricted building surveyors who offer a wealth of experience and knowledge in building and construction certificates while also applying this expertise to all classes of development across the entire industry, as well as BCA/NCC Compliance Reports and alternative solution approvals.
If you would like help navigating Construction Certificates, Occupation Certificates, Complying Development Certificates, and the complex world of compliance from a 100% local business, SureScope is a sure-fire solution. We understand the unique challenges and opportunities this city offers, and we’ve helped countless local businesses achieve fast, easy approval at each stage of the entire construction process, no matter their industry — and we can do the same for you.
Connect with a private building certifier you can trust. Connect with a private building certifier in Newcastle at SureScope. Contact us today for an obligation-free consultation.
Building Certification Services from Building Certifiers Newcastle Businesses Know and Trust
At SureScope Building Certifiers, we pride ourselves on offering a streamlined approach to the various stages of the certification and construction process. We provide professional services to help you achieve the best possible results while complying with all relevant New South Wales and Commonwealth legislation.
We offer building approval services, council approval services, consultancy, certifications and more, all delivered in a simplified, helpful approach that guides you through each phase of the approval, certification and construction process.
As an authorised Building Code of Australia (BCA) Certifier, we assist everyone from builders to homeowners (or owner builders), property owners, and business owners in meeting and exceeding all the BCA’s minimum requirements, resulting in better-performing, more sustainable, more valuable, and business owners to meet and exceed all the BCA’s minimum requirements, resulting in better performing, more sustainable, more valuable and more accessible buildings.
Want to get the job done faster? Our Grade 1 Accredited Consultants can help you obtain Construction Certificates and fast-tracked Complying Development Certificates so your construction can get underway sooner.
From commercial developments and fire safety certification to surveying, consultancy and occupation certificates, our comprehensive range of building certification services includes everything you need to keep your building project on track, safe, compliant and completed on time.
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Need a Private Certifier? Our Qualified & Accredited Building Certifiers Have Got You Covered
As an Accredited Certifying Authority, we have expertise across all construction industry sectors, from residential and retail to commercial, hospitals, aged care, industrial and sporting. Whatever industry you’re in, we have a building certifier who can provide consulting services throughout the construction and development process, ensuring you receive the building approvals you need for success.
Our skilled Building Code of Australia (BCA) services include consultancy, construction and building approval processes, ensuring your building designs comply with the Building Codes of Australia. We liaise with all relevant stakeholders as part of our holistic certification and approval approach, including fire engineers and the NSWFB.
If you want the kind of building certifiers Newcastle NSW locals have trusted to make the certification process smooth, fast and pain-free, then SureScope Building Certifiers is the one you’re looking for. Our private certifiers can act as principal certifiers to quickly get your project on the road.
Get in touch with SureScope Building Certifiers now and put your project on the fast track to success. Contact our team of private building certifiers in Newcastle, NSW, today.
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FAQs
Residential building approvals are required for:
- Construction of new residential dwellings
- Renovations and extensions to existing dwellings
- Balconies, patios, verandas and decks
- Large garages, carports and sheds
- Swimming pools and fences
- Retaining walls higher than 1m
- Demolitions and removals of existing dwellings/structures.
Minor building work, maintenance and alterations to an existing building are generally allowed without council approval (i.e. accepted developments), so long as you are not altering the building’s floorplan, area or height, and the work does not affect the structural components or structure of the building.
It is always recommended to check state and council laws before beginning any building work on your property, as proceeding with construction without the required approval can be a costly mistake. Our qualified building certifiers can advise whether or not approval is needed for your project — simply get in touch today.
To ensure your construction project is compliant from start to finish, our qualified residential building certifiers will complete regular inspections during each stage, from initial plans and designs to construction and completion.
We will ensure the work complies with the initial plans and aligns with local council requirements and the Building Code of Australia. We will eliminate the risk of a minor concern becoming a major problem.
Throughout the process, our team will take care of the relevant approvals and documentation required to be lodged with the local council, including Building Certificates, Construction Certificates, Complying Development Certificates, and Occupation Certificates.
SureScope is a local, qualified Grade 1 Accredited Certifiers team that delivers compliance-focused approvals and impressive attention to detail. Our extensive experience in building surveying and certification allows us to work on a wide range of developments, including new and existing residential dwellings.
We’re committed to simplifying construction certification and building approvals for your construction or renovation project so that you can focus on the more enjoyable aspects of home building and rejuvenation!
We are proud to be long-term members of:
- The Association of Accredited Certifiers (AAC);
- The Master Builders Association (MBA) and;
- The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
If you need a Complying Development Certificate, Construction Certificate, Occupation Certificate, or simply recommendations to ensure your building plans are compliant, we’re here to help. SureScope gets dwellings approved quickly and efficiently.
Yes! Our residential building certifiers in Newcastle have extensive experience with building approvals for townhouses, dual occupancies, and multi-storey residential buildings. Contact us for an obligation-free quote.
Once you lodge a development application with your local council in NSW, it can take between 20 and 90 days for them to decide. Our certifiers will review your application to ensure all the relevant information has been provided and mandatory inspections completed so it can be processed and approved sooner rather than later.
There isn’t necessarily a difference here — a principal certifier can be a private registered certifier or a council. The principal certifier’s role is to monitor work throughout construction and complete mandatory inspections at critical stages of construction.