UNDERPINNING
Building Approvals and Advice (BA&A) - underpinning certification experts
Our dedicated underpinning team understands the importance of a quick turn-around and ensures your underpinning approval can progress smoothly. We work closely with expert engineers to streamline your application.
Our high volume underpinning clients can take control of their building approvals. With the online portal:
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Submit your application (allowing us to invoice right away)
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Check project status
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Upload documents (certificates, photos)
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Download approval and final documents
Getting your underpinning approval started
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Form 15 – Engineering
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Engineering plans
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Engineering report
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QBCC insurance
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Soil test
You can trust our experienced team to deliver your approval ASAP.
"Affordable Underpinning have been using the services of Building Approvals and Advice for more than 4 years. We have found this company to be very professional and friendly. The communication is of a very high level, including a database which clearly show the progress of all our jobs, which is very useful. We highly recommend Building Approvals and Advice and quite often do recommend them to our clients to use for their personal projects. If we have any concerns or problems, BA&A work with us to resolve them or even just to provide professional advice. We are very pleased with the services they provide us and look forward to using them for years to come."
Terms you need to know
RFI: RFI stands for Request for Information, sometimes also called a list of requirements. This document outlines all items required by the certifier to issue an approval.
Form 15: this is a certificate required before the building works can commence to certify that the design is compliant with the relevant regulations.
Form 16: this is a certificate required at the completion of building works to certify that the installation or inspection of a stage or aspect is compliant with the relevant regulations.
Form 11: this certificate is issued by a building surveyor when the building works have been substantially completed for attached dwellings or commercial to confirm it was constructed as per the building approval.
Form 21: this is the final certificate issued by the certifier to the owner and Council in order to finalise the building application.
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We're committed to simplifying the certification process. Contractors usually come to us for support to follow their legal obligations...
Save a compliance headache and protect yourself - FAQs and insights on our blog.
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Resources below to keep your clients informed of the underpinning certification process.
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