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Partner Housing and Electronic Blueprint

Professional's website:  www.electronicblueprint.com.au supports Partner Housing Australasia (Building) Incorporated, which is a professional engineers  and architects collaborative registered as a charitable building organisation, committed to relieving poverty housing throughout Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. "Please contact us to offer professional assistance in architectural, structural or civil design, drafting, planning, quantity surveying and site supervision training."

Contact: email to info@electronicblueprint.com.au.

Alliance with suppliers: Product Directory - For building materials suppliers to join in the collaborative effort , the Product Directory provides details of the products and suppliers specified in the Electronic Blueprint editable specifications. "Your building products could be listed in the Product Directory, Electronic Blueprint editable specifications and drawings, on the CD-ROM and in the Bi-monthly Update. Ensure that specifiers can access your product details here".

Working Group: Called The Integrated Product Development Alliance, its members have expertise in market assessment and technical specification, product development and testing, codemark certification and targeted marketing, aimed "to keep your product at the forefront of complex changes to Building Regulations and Australian Standards with a comprehensive approach to all aspects of product development, specification, certification and marketing of building products".

Industry links: About 40 links at http://www.electronicblueprint.com.au/industry.html - like Australian Building Codes Board, Association of Consulting Engineers Australia (ACEA), Association of Building Sustainability Assessors (ABSA), The Association of Building Sustainability Assessors (ABSA),  WorkCover NSW, NSW Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability (DEUS), Alliance for Fire and Smoke Containment, Archicentre, Association of Wall and Ceiling Industries, Australasian Institute of Metal Finishing, Australian Government Department Directory, Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, etc, A-to-Z.

AC reports and research:
Inspection team calls for advance preparation to rebuild faster after future disasters
Builders article - some questions about safety, supervision and project control.
Engineers article.