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NSW government scrambles for answers at building defects inquiry

2020-10-07T16:33:38+11:00

12 AUGUST 2019 The pain of NSW's building crisis was captured in Mascot Towers owner Vijay Vital's testimony at the inquiry, when he broke down describing the loss of his home. Mascot Towers was evacuated on June 14 due to cracks but engineers have yet to find the cause. "I stand here as a parent and my daughter asks me "when can I go home?" he said amid tears. "I have [...]

NSW government scrambles for answers at building defects inquiry2020-10-07T16:33:38+11:00

Channel 9 News – “Under Construction”

2020-10-07T16:34:31+11:00

6 AUGUST 2019 In 2018 the government announced "the biggest crackdown on dodgy certifiers in our State's history". In July 2019 the opposition asked what has happened? The Minister responded that there is a raft of practitioners with their fingerprints all over building defects. That's true. But OCN pointed to all the owners who are suffering terribly while government dallies. > Watch the channel 9 news clip at youtube.com Eddy Meyer

Channel 9 News – “Under Construction”2020-10-07T16:34:31+11:00

Mascot Towers Owners Hit $76,000 per Unit

2020-10-07T16:35:36+11:00

4 AUGUST 2019 Owners of apartments in the evacuated Mascot Towers building in Sydney are planning to sleep on the street to protest a damages bill of at least $76,000 per unit to fix defects, as questions continue on who will ultimately have to pay. The owners face a $10 million bill – half the initial building cost of $22 million – to fix cracks in the building's primary support structure, [...]

Mascot Towers Owners Hit $76,000 per Unit2020-10-07T16:35:36+11:00

Building certifiers leave a trail of chaos

2020-10-07T16:36:40+11:00

3 AUGUST 2019 A small group of private certifiers have signed off on 130 buildings with compliance problems, including allowing residents to move into one property that did not have toilets or taps fitted. The six offenders have been hit with 111 disciplinary actions since 2005, accounting for about a quarter of all such penalties. The Owners' Corporation Network, the peak body for apartment owners, said the repeat offending was further [...]

Building certifiers leave a trail of chaos2020-10-07T16:36:40+11:00

The hidden costs of Brisbane’s apartment correction

2020-10-08T11:49:35+11:00

1 AUGUST 2019 In total, Brisbane has foregone 2497 of the 4014 apartments approved in towers since 2009, said Don Smith, BCI's economics team leader. "From an 'impending oversupply' perspective out of a total of 4000 apartments that are being proposed, nearly 2500 have yet to meet appropriate technical and commercial criteria," Smith said.  "There is an element of self-regulation." The figures paint a reassuring macroeconomic picture of a market correcting, but [...]

The hidden costs of Brisbane’s apartment correction2020-10-08T11:49:35+11:00

Call for NSW building commissioner to enact acute 30-day plan

2020-10-08T11:50:48+11:00

1 AUGUST 2019 New NSW building commissioner David Chandler should strike an acute 30-day plan to help beleaguered homeowners who have been evacuated from their defective homes, ahead of larger plans to overhaul the industry, industry groups say. NSW appointed Mr Chandler, a building and construction expert and University of Western Sydney adjunct professor, as the state's first building commissioner on Thursday in an effort to rehabilitate the state's ailing building [...]

Call for NSW building commissioner to enact acute 30-day plan2020-10-08T11:50:48+11:00

Opal Tower residents to sue NSW government

2020-10-08T11:51:31+11:00

30 JULY 2019 Owners of units in Sydney’s troubled Opal Tower are suing the NSW government for compensation, the Premier has this morning confirmed. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she doesn’t “blame anybody” for taking legal action after a building flaw resulting in a large crack saw residents of the tower evacuated on Christmas Eve last year. "This is an unfortunate set of circumstances. We inherited the system we have today and [...]

Opal Tower residents to sue NSW government2020-10-08T11:51:31+11:00

NSW Government Reforms Not Sufficient: Industry

2020-10-08T11:52:24+11:00

29 JULY 2019 The NSW government's reform plans for the state's failing building and construction industry are not enough to fix it, industry groups warn. Consultations on the state's planned reforms – which involve the adoption of the recommendations from the Shergold-Weir report ahead of new legislation – have closed, drawing strong responses from the public. The Owners Corporation Network (OCN) submission to the government says the current reforms merely help [...]

NSW Government Reforms Not Sufficient: Industry2020-10-08T11:52:24+11:00

What to do about defective buildings

2020-10-08T11:53:35+11:00

23 JULY 2019 Jimmy Thomson from flat-chat.com.au and Stephen Goddard, OCN spokesperson talk about what to do if you live in a building that requires remediation. > Listen to the full interview at abc.net.au James Valentine

What to do about defective buildings2020-10-08T11:53:35+11:00

State and territory building ministers agree on national approach to industry reform

2020-10-08T11:54:59+11:00

18 JULY 2019 The Federal Government says it has brokered an agreement with the states and territories to create a "nationally consistent approach" to reforming the building industry. Speaking during an emergency meeting of state building ministers and industry stakeholders in Sydney today, national Industry Minister Karen Andrews said all parties had "brokered an agreement" to centralise the response to a wave of problems across the country. The nationally consistent approach [...]

State and territory building ministers agree on national approach to industry reform2020-10-08T11:54:59+11:00
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