Resource library
Everything worth reading, watching or paying for
Every resource used anywhere in the course. Each one says what it costs, how long it takes, why it earned its place over the alternatives, and — where it was written for somewhere other than Perth — exactly what you need to change.
- Total
- 809
- Free
- 763
- Perth / WA
- 585
- Sources
- 260
Every link here was fetched before it shipped, then re-checked by a second pass that refetched each URL and confirmed the page still says what the annotation claims. Anything that 404ed or had drifted was removed rather than left in place. That is the whole point of this library — it would be trivially easy, and useless, to fill it with plausible links.
Browse by phase
Split by phase so each page stays light enough to open on a phone with two bars of signal. Looking for something specific? Press ⌘K and search the whole course.
- 01
The trade and the process
What the job actually is, before you touch a shovel
31resources · 28 free
- 02
First contact and the brief
The conversation that decides whether the project works
35resources · 34 free
- 03
Site analysis
Reading a Perth block properly
73resources · 65 free
- 04
Rules, permits and approvals
What Western Australia will and will not let you build
70resources · 67 free
- 05
Concept design
Turning a brief and a site into a plan
61resources · 55 free
- 06
Detailed design and documentation
Drawings you can actually build from
81resources · 74 free
- 07
Costing, quoting and contract
What it costs, and what it really costs
72resources · 69 free
- 08
Build
Doing the work, in the right order
233resources · 224 free
- 09
Handover and records
Closing out like a professional, even to yourself
42resources · 41 free
- 10
Maintenance and establishment
The phase that decides whether any of it survives
88resources · 83 free
- 11
Value and review
What it was worth, and what you learnt
23resources · 23 free
Where the material comes from
Authoritative Western Australian sources are preferred over content marketing. These are the most-cited.
- Water Corporation119
- Building and Energy, Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety37
- WorkSafe WA37
- Building and Energy, Department of Local Government, Industry Regulation and Safety32
- Department of Water and Environmental Regulation22
- Before You Dig Australia16
- Josh Byrne & Associates / Curtin University16
- Australian Building Codes Board15
- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)14
- City of Stirling13
- Concrete Masonry and Hardscapes Association12
- Be Groundwater Wise, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation11