AN170010 – Building and Construction Industry Award

23. MULTI-STOREY ALLOWANCE

(a) Eligibility

(i) A multi-storey allowance shall be paid to all employees on site engaged in construction or renovation of a multi-storey building as defined herein, to compensate for the disabilities experienced in, and which are peculiar to construction or renovation of a multi-storey building.

(ii) PROVIDED that for the purposes of this clause renovation work is work performed on existing multi-storey buildings and such work involves structural alterations which extend to more than two storey levels in a building, and at least part of the work to be performed is above the fourth floor storey level in accordance with the scale of payments appropriate for the highest floor level affected by such work.

(b) Definition of a Multi-Storey Building

(i) For the purposes of this award, a multi-storey building is a building which will, when complete, consist of five or more storey levels. ‘Complete’ means the building is fully functional and all work which was part of the principal contract is complete.

(ii) For the purposes of this clause, a storey level means structurally completed floor, walls, pillars or columns, and ceiling (not being false ceilings) of a building, and shall include basement levels and mezzanine or similar levels (but excluding half floors such as toilet blocks or store rooms located between floors.)

(iii) PROVIDED that any buildings or structures which do not have regular storey levels but which are not classed as towers (e.g. grandstands, aircraft hangers, large stores, etc,) and which exceed 15 metres in height may be covered by this subclause, or by subclause 26(j) – Towers Allowance of this award by agreement between the employer and an employee. Where no agreement is reached the matter shall be dealt with in accordance with Clause 37 – Settlement of Disputes resolution procedure of this award.

(iv) Plant room: PROVIDED FURTHER that a plant room situated on the top of a building shall constitute a further storey level if the plant room occupies 25 percent of the total roof or an area of 100 square metres whichever is the lesser.

(c) Rates

(i) Except as provided for in subclause (d) hereof, an allowance in accordance with the following table shall be paid to all employees on the building site. The second and subsequent allowance scales shall, where applicable commence to apply to all employees when one of the following components of the building - structural steel, reinforcing steel, boxing or walls, rises above the floor level first designed in each such allowance scale.

(ii) ‘Floor level’ means that stage of construction which in the completed building would constitute the walking surface of the particular floor level referred to in the table of payments.

From the commencement of building to 15th floor level	$0.39 per hour extra
From the 16th floor level to 30th floor level	$0.47 per hour extra
From the 31st floor level to 45th floor level	$0.73 per hour extra
From the 46th floor level to the 60th floor level	$0.94 per hour extra
From 61st floor level onward	$1.17 per hour extra

The allowances payable at the highest point of the building shall continue until completion of the building.

(d) Service Cores

(i) All employees employed on a service core at more than 15 metres above the highest point of the main structure shall be paid the multi-storey rate appropriate for the main structure plus the allowance prescribed in subclause 26(j) - Towers Allowance of this award, calculated from the highest point reached by the main structure to the highest point reached by the service core in any one day period. (i.e. For this purpose the highest point of the main structure shall be regarded as though it were the ground in calculating the appropriate towers allowance).

(ii) Employees employed on a service core no higher than 15 metres above the main structure shall be paid in accordance with the multi-storey allowance prescribed herein.

(iii) PROVIDED that any section of a service core exceeding 15 metres above the highest point of the main structure shall be disregarded for the purpose of calculating the multi-storey allowance application to the main structure.