01What changes in Brisbane
QBCC’s structural-landscaping trade scope includes certain retaining walls that do not require engineering certification under local law, surface and subsoil drainage for landscaping, non-vehicular paving or concrete, decking, fencing and ornamental structures.
It excludes occupational work such as plumbing and drainage unless the person holds the appropriate licence, and work beyond incidental limits can need another class. A Brisbane campaign should therefore ask wall dimensions, structural relationship and where water will discharge rather than advertise “all walls and drainage”.
Body-corporate guidance adds an approval step where a lot owner proposes improvements to common property. Logan, Redlands, Moreton Bay and Ipswich create distinct councils, travel and storm contexts, so suburb, low points, access and real service zones belong in the form.
Planting and shade can be described by design, but survival and cooling depend on species, stock, soil, installation, establishment care and weather. The contractor should separate design, engineering, approvals, regulated drainage, electrical lighting and maintenance from the landscape construction quote.
