Building industry
Information on building regulations, registration, fees, enforcement and more.
Building surveyors
Information on regulations, registration, carrying out your role as a building surveyor and more.
Plumbing industry
Information on plumbing regulations, becoming registered or licensed, fees, enforcement and more.
Owner-builders
Information about applying for an owner-builder certificate of consent, including eligibility, training requirements and more.
Consumers
Information about building and plumbing matters for property owners, residents and renovators.
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Home renovation essentials
- Engaging a builder
- Engaging a plumber
- Appointing a building surveyor
- Ending the appointment...
- Planning and building permits
- Landscaping
- Plumbing compliance certificates
- Building contracts
- Insurance for building and plumbing work
- Protecting adjoining properties
- Energy efficiency requirements
- At the end of your building project
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Safety guides
- Smoke alarms
- Bushfire protection
- Essential safety measures
- Carbon monoxide
- Wood heaters, solid fuel heaters, and flues
- Hot water safety
- Safety and plumbing products (WaterMark)
- Storm and flood information
- Minimising foundation movement
- Balconies, decks and balustrades
- Freestanding walls
- Termites
- Basketball rings
- Water ingress – balconies, decks and terraces
- Earthquake design and construction
Registration and Licensing
Information on becoming a registered building practitioner, or a registered or licensed plumber.
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Building practitioner registration
- Renewals and other requirements
- Building fees
- Building companies
- Mutual recognition for building practitioners
- National police check
- Fit and proper person – external administration
- Partnerships
- Automatic Mutual Recognition
- Online Exams – Building
- Why do I need to log in to VBA?
- Apply for registration online
I want to...
- Log in to VBA
- Resolve an issue with my builder or plumber
- Renew my building/company registration
- Check my builder or plumber's registration
- Renew my plumbing registration or licence
- Understand the home renovation process
- Become an owner-builder
- Find out when a building permit is required
- Find out about pool safety barriers
- Hold the VBA to account
- Find a practitioner
What are you looking for?
Security of Payment
The SOP Act helps ensure that any person who carries out construction work or supplies related goods and services under a construction contract gets paid.
New Industry Complaints Hotline
If you are not satisfied with our handling of a complaint, or you wish to raise an integrity matter, please let us know on our complaints hotline.
News and events
Industry alert for building practitioners: Building and Plumbing Amendment (Solar Water Heater and Other Matters) Regulations 2023
Industry alert for plumbing practitioners: Building and Plumbing Amendment (Solar Water Heater and Other Matters) Regulations 2023
Stronger powers proposed for the VBA to protect consumers
2021–2022 building permit activity
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119,970
building permits reported
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$45.5b
total cost of building works in Victoria
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42,045
building permits issued in regional Victoria
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84%
building permits for domestic building work