The four-year pause to the National Construction Code (NCC) will not apply to the multi-unit sector’s chronic issue of waterproofing and condensation, but concerns remain that building quality will be compromised in coming years as the rush to meet housing targets gathers pace.
ACT Owners Corporation Network president Gary Petherbridge said excluding the waterproofing and condensation provisions in their entirety would be the sensible thing to do, given 80 to 90 per cent of defects related to penetration in apartments.
Otherwise, many of these new apartments would eventually become unlivable and uninsurable.
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