Publications

Publications for contractors available for download.

Licensing

• Contractual obligations, demerit points and bans (PDF)
• Fire Protection Occupational Licensing Booklet (PDF)
• Technical qualifications for plumbing and drainage occupational licensees (PDF)

Financial

• myQBCC user guide for licensees SC 1 and 2 (PDF)
• myQBCC user guide for licensees Categories 1, 2 and 3 (PDF)
• myQBCC user guide for licensees Categories 4 - 7 (PDF)
• Guide to Annual Financial Reporting (PDF)

Insurance

• Insurance Policy Edition 6 (PDF)
• Insurance Policy Edition 7 (PDF)
• Insurance Policy Edition 8 (PDF)

Payments

• Industry Guide to Security of Payment Laws (PDF) 

Regulatory Guides

• MFR Annual Reporting Regulatory Guide (PDF)
• Regulatory guide - MFR reporting categories SC1-SC2 (PDF)
• MFR Regulartory Guide for Categories 1-7 (PDF)
• Rectification of Building Work Regulatory Guide (PDF)
• Mechanical Services Regulatory Guide (PDF)
• Security of Payment Regulatory Guide (Non-Trust Provisions) (PDF)
• Regulatory guide - Project and retention trusts (PDF)

Building

• Standards and Tolerances Guide (PDF)
• Standards and Tolerances Guide Feb 2016 (PDF)
• A Guide to Windows and Doors in Bushfires (PDF)
• Termite Management Systems (PDF)
• Timber Queensland Deck Inspection Guide (PDF)
• Timber Deck and Balcony Construction (PDF)
• Timber Queensland - Wind tie down connections (PDF)
• Timber Queensland - Framing anchors for specific tie down to multiple top plates (PDF)
• Tie-down and bracing in cyclonic areas.ppt (PPT)
• Residential timber framed construction - bracing example.ppt (PPT)
• Residential timber framed construction - tie down example.ppt (PPT)
• Australian Procurement and Construction Council (APCC) – Procurement of Construction Products - A Guide to achieving compliance (PDF)
• Owner Builder Study Guide (PDF) - A QBCC Owner Builder Permit is required where the estimated value of building work (including labour and materials) is $11,000 or more. Before you can apply for a permit you must complete an owner builder permit course

Non-conforming building products

• NCPB Guide for installers (PDF)
• NCBP Guide for suppliers (PDF)
• NCBP Guide for plumbers (PDF)
• NCBP FAQ booklet (PDF)

Plumbers

• Notifiable Work (Form 4/4A) Submission on myQBCC - User Guide - Plumbers and Drainers (PDF)

Pools - Newsplash newsletter - these publications were produced prior to the current government

• August 2011
• December 2011
• May 2012
• August 2012
• November 2012
• December 2012
• July 2013
• April 2014

Pool safety inspectors

• Code of conduct for swimming pool safety inspectors (PDF)

Defects

• Subsidence Policy Booklet (PDF)
• Rectification of Building Work Regulatory Guide (PDF)

Disasters

• A contractor's guide to rebuilding after a flood (PDF)
• Permit requirements for rebuilding and repairing after a high wind event and flood (PDF)
• Repair of Sheet Metal Roofs in Cyclonic Areas (PDF)
• Guide to Assessment and Repair of Flood Damaged Timber and Timber Framed Houses (PDF)
• Tie-down details for repair of storm damaged roofs in south east Queensland (PDF)