One Building, Many Duty Holders. Know Who Owes What.
Owners, managing agents, and FM companies can all hold the same duty to a contractor, and none can hand it over in a clause. This free 16-page eBook shows who owes what, and the checks before work starts.
- 16 pages, PDF
- 15-point pre-start checklist
- Current to October 2026
- Every source listed and dated
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The Contractor Compliance eBook for Property & FM.
Who owes what at a managed building, the record you need, and the checks before a contractor starts.
- Who holds the duty: owner, managing agent, FM company
- Asbestos registers, construction work, and the states that differ
- A 15-point pre-start checklist and a building duty map
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The Contractor Compliance eBook for Property & FM
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What Is Inside
Twelve Chapters, From the Duty to the Portfolio.
Written for the people who run buildings and the contractors who work in them. Open a page to see it as it prints.
- 01Who owes the duty at a managed building
- 02Management or control: the building's own duty
- 03Shared duties, and why a clause cannot move them
- 04Officers: the personal duty of due diligence
- 05State by state: the model laws, NSW, and Victoria
- 06When maintenance becomes construction work
- 07Asbestos: the register and who gets it
- 08A Saturday on the roof: one job, start to finish
- 09The record: what to hold for every contractor
- 10Checklist: before a contractor starts
- 11The building duty map
- 12One record across a portfolio
Who It Is For
For the People Who Run the Building.
Several businesses can hold the same duty at once. Each of these roles holds part of it.
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Facilities Manager
- Who holds the duty at each building you manage.
- The checks to run before a trade walks in.
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Operations Manager
- When routine maintenance becomes construction work.
- One record across a portfolio.
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Procurement & Contracts
- What an agreement can organise, and what it cannot carry.
- What to ask for before you engage.
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Safety & HSE Manager
- The asbestos register, and who has to see it.
- Where Victoria and NSW differ.
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Questions
Questions People Ask About the eBook.
Who is the eBook for?
Property owners, managing agents, and facilities management companies, and the officers who carry the personal due diligence duty.
Does it cover Victoria?
Yes. Victoria runs its own Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, and the eBook names where it differs from the model laws. NSW is named too.
Is the eBook free?
Yes. It is a 16-page PDF, free to download, with no form to fill in.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is general information about the law as it stood when it was written, with every source listed and dated on the last page. For a decision about your own business, ask your own adviser.
How current is it?
It is current to October 2026. It follows the model WHS laws as at 5 December 2025, and is reviewed when Safe Work Australia publishes the next model texts.
Check Once. Prove It at Every Building.
The eBook shows what to hold for every contractor. ComplyFlow keeps it on one record, checked once and current at every building you manage.
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