Victoria's Big Build Terms of Use

Welcome to the bigbuild.vic.gov.au website (Website) operated by the State of Victoria through the Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority (VIDA).

Our terms of use include these terms and our Copyright Notice. By accessing or using this Website, you agree that you understand and accept our terms of use and you acknowledge that you have read our Website Privacy Statement and Privacy Policy.

We may change these terms of use without notice, but we will post the updated date of each revision. If you continue to use this Website, it will be taken that you have accepted our new terms.

Using this Website

This Website can be accessed and used by the public. However, you may need to register your contact details if you would like to sign up for electronic newsletters and other updates from us.

You agree:

to use this Website for lawful purposes
not to use this Website in any way which infringes the rights of, or affects the use and enjoyment of the Website by, any other person
not to submit confidential or private information you are not authorised to provide
that VIDA is entitled to remove or delete any content you post on this Website in its sole discretion.

Disclaimer

VIDA publishes content on this Website to distribute information to the public. VIDA does not make any representations or warranties about this Website, including any representations or warranties about the accuracy, currency or completeness of the Website content.

This Website and its content are provided 'as is' and 'as available'. VIDA takes steps to check and test the Website but VIDA does not represent or warrant that the Website is secure and that your access to or use of the Website will be uninterrupted or error-free.

The content on this Website does not constitute advice and does not take into account your specific circumstances or requirements. By using this Website, you assume responsibility for evaluating the Website content and its suitability to your needs. We recommend you obtain professional advice before you do anything in reliance on this Website or its content.

If you use automatic language translation services to translate this Website, you do so at your own risk noting that it may affect the accuracy and completeness of the Website content.

We may remove Website content, including third-party content and links, or suspend the operation of this Website at any time without notice. We will not be responsible for any loss, damage or liability that may arise as a result.

Linking to this Website

We recommend you link to our home page at bigbuild.vic.gov.au. If you link to another page, the page address may change.

Our Website content may only be shown in full screen format, and it must not include or be framed by advertising.

Linking to external websites

This Website may contain links to external websites. This includes links to social-networking services, video-sharing websites and web feed services, including Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter.

VIDA does not ordinarily sponsor or endorse any external website linked to this Website. We recommend that you exercise your own judgement when you follow a Website link to another website.

VIDA takes reasonable care in linking to other websites but we are not responsible for the content on those websites. You should read the terms and privacy policy of any other website you visit, before you use it.

Website technology

You must not:

interfere with the proper working of this Website
circumvent or attempt to circumvent any of the technical measures that we use to manage or secure this Website
use any system or software, manual or automated, to extract data from this Website
disable, overburden or otherwise attack this Website in any way, including by a denial-of-service attack
introduce Trojans, worms, spyware or other malicious or technologically harmful content (malicious content) to this Website.

Downloadable materials

We may make electronic documents, files or data available for download from this Website. You agree to comply with our Copyright Notice if you download any of these materials.

Important terms about the limits of our liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, VIDA is not liable to you or to any other person (whether in contract, tort, negligence or otherwise) for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary or consequential damages (including without limitation loss of revenue or loss of profits) arising from or connected with your use of this Website, or any of its content.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, VIDA is not liable to you or to any other person for any malicious content transmitted by this Website. We recommend that you ensure that your browser is equipped with updated virus protection software and that you take reasonable precautions to ensure that any materials you download will not corrupt or damage your software, hardware or data, or that of any other person.

Email or SMS subscription

You can sign up for electronic newsletters and other updates from us, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Privacy

We may collect your personal information when you use the Website. We will handle this information in accordance with our Website Privacy Statement and Privacy Policy.

Intellectual property

You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free and fee-free licence (including a right to sub-license) to exercise all intellectual property rights in any content you submit to the Website.

Applicable law

The laws of Victoria, Australia, govern these terms of use. You submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Victorian courts to resolve any disputes that may arise in connection with them.

General

If any of these terms of use are held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, then the remaining terms and conditions will continue to apply.

We may decide not to exercise or enforce any of our rights under these terms of use. If we decide not to exercise or enforce any right, or if we do it once, it does not mean we waive our rights on any other occasion.

Copyright notice

VIDA encourages you to use and re-use the Website content in accordance with the copyright licence set out below.

The State of Victoria owns or is an authorised licensor of all the copyright (and related rights) in the content provided on this Website.

In the event a third party owns any copyright in the Website content, their permission may be required to use that material.

You can contact us if you wish to enquire about your right to use the content on this Website.

Copyright licence

Except where otherwise stated, the content on this Website is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 and is represented by this licence image:

The details of this copyright licence are available on the Creative Commons website.

Attribution

If you wish to share any of the content on this Website, you must attribute it as follows:

Not covered by the copyright licence

The copyright licence does not apply to any:

images, photographs, videos or sound recordings
Victorian Government trade mark, insignia or element of branding, including the Victorian Coat of Arms, the Victorian Government logo and any VIDA logo, except where any of those things appear as an inseparable part of the Website content and are reproduced without alteration and in connection with that content
third party content.

Other limitations

You must not use any Website content in any way that:

suggests VIDA approves or endorses you or your use of the Website content
is contrary to its intended use or is prejudicial or harmful to VIDA
misleads others or misrepresents the Website content or its source
breaches the 'Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014' (Vic).

Commonly used words

In this Copyright Notice:

'Website' includes all the subdomains of the Website and all the websites operated by VIDA's Project Offices.
'us', 'our' or 'we' means VIDA and VIDA's Project Offices, and (where the context requires) each of their employees, contractors and agents.
'VIDA' means the Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority and VIDA's Project Offices, and (where the context requires) each of their employees, contractors and agents.
'VIDA's Project Offices' means the project offices for the Level Crossing Removal Project, Major Road Projects Victoria, Metro Tunnel Project, Victorian Health Building Authority, and any other project office which becomes incorporated into VIDA.
'you' or 'your' means users accessing or using the Website.

Version date

These Terms of Use were last updated on 02 Apr 2024.