Lark & Creese welcomed Santa to our Kingston office this week with a little Christmas gift in the form of new equipment! The Trimble S5 robotic total station is the “no-nonsense workhorse” that will help us work faster and more accurately than ever before. This new instrument can be seamlessly integrated with our Trimble R10 GNSS giving us the ability to capture fully coordinated and high density survey data for…
As part of revisions to the construction process in Tasmania, the Building Act 2016 is aimed at reducing red tape and costs for prospective developers. From 1 January 2017 Tasmania has new laws regulating: building and plumbing work; licensing of people in the building industry; and residential building contracts. The new Building Act takes a risk-based approach to building approvals so low risk building, plumbing and demolition work, and some…
As part of revisions to the construction process in Tasmania, the Building Bill 2016 is aimed at reducing red tape and costs for prospective developers. One of the key changes is the establishment of a risk based permit system where low risk construction (and demolition) such as sheds and carports can proceed without a building permit. Medium risk activity including simple dwellings can proceed with regulatory oversight by a building surveyor…
Lark & Creese are excited to announce our involvement in Huon Aquaculture’s new recirculation hatchery at Judbury. This state-of-the-art facility will be one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere utilising zero-discharge methods in order to achieve a sustainable production workflow. This is a complex engineering project requiring on-going liaison with a diverse group of contractors and project managers in order to achieve a successful outcome for the client. We are extremely proud of the quality of this…
We have recently completed major detail projects on the Arve and Lune River Road for the Huon Valley Council. We are proud of the quality of the output and look forward to continuing our partnership with the Huon Council.
Nick Creese, the principal of Lark & Creese has been accredited by the Tasmania Fire Service to carry out bushfire assessments for new building works. The implementation of the new bushfire standards at the end of 2012, AS 3959-2009, require an assessment by an accredited person for all new residential development in bushfire prone areas. This assessment will determine to which level of bushfire protection the new dwelling must…
Lark & Creese have commenced works on the set-out of the new earth station installation at Geeveston. This station will provide satellite links from regional Australia to the NBN network via optic fibre.
The southern councils are in the process of finalising their new planning schemes. These will affect the zoning of many properties and how the land can be developed. Each council has a copy of the draft planning scheme available on their web sites. It is expected that the new planning schemes will be effective later this year or early 2014.
