BLCN11033 Construction 1
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image will appear throughout this guide. Use this extra help when ever you need
to by clicking on it to seek out more
information on that particular topic or concept.
Starting your research
You have been given your assignment question and now you are ready to start searching for information, right?
WRONG!
Before you begin searching for information you need to think about your assignment topic
WHY?
Analysing the topic will help you focus your search. It encourages you to think about issues around the topic
and it will help you to keep your time spent searching to a minimum.
Here is a brief summary of your assignment question
Assignment 1
Carry out research to describe the regulatory environment
for the approval of domestic buildings in your State and local authority
areas.
Undertake research to determine the role of State and local government, and
the procedures for approval for all building works. From these documents,
write your response to the following questions.
Thinking about the concepts or
keywords
within the topic gives you a good basis on which to build your search
strategy.
This is what the key concepts and keywords might be for this question:
Assignment 1
Carry out research to describe the
regulatory environment for
the approval of
domestic buildings in your
State and local authority areas.
Undertake research to determine the
role of State and local government, and the
procedures for
approval for all building works.
From these documents, write your response to the following questions.
These phrases and words will now give you some idea of the types
of information sources
you
might need to find and become the basis of your
searching strategy across the resources provided by the Library for your course.
Finding the information you need
For this particular assignment question it is appropriate that each student investigate the regulatory environment in their home state. This means that the information you need would not be readily available in books.
While your study materials will give you some ideas about the various forms of regulation in the building industry, finding this information relevant to your state means that Internet searching would be very appropriate.
For Internet novices, the Library' s Successful Web Searching page is a good place to start in understanding how the Internet works and suggested search engines to use.
TIPS
1. Some suggested search terms for Internet searching for this specific assignment question could be:
"building regulation" followed by your state e.g.
2. To find legislation on the Internet try searching for
"legislation" followed by your state.
3. Contact your local council to ask for information about building regulations specific to your local area.
4. Access the Building Code of Australia which contains technical provisions for the design and construction of buildings. The Library provides access to the Building Code of Australia via the Library's Databases page. Use the letter "B" link to search the alphabetical listing for the Code.
Please note: You may be required to enter in your student number and e.rolment pin to access the list of passwords for resources such as this.
5. Try a keyword
search in
the Library Catalogue
for "building approval" and Australia, to find some general material on
the process.