Work starts

'Work starts' is when work is taken to have started is defined in the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Regulation 2018. 

If the contracted work includes the erection or construction of a footing system or slab or the provision of sewerage or drainage, work is considered to have started when work for the footing system or slab, or the provision of sewerage or drainage physically starts on-site.

If the contracted work does not include the erection or construction of a footing system or slab, nor the provision of sewerage or drainage, work is taken to have started when building work physically starts on-site.

This does not include earthmoving, excavation, site work.