defects

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

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

Inquiry into the Regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes

2020-10-06T21:47:27+11:00

28 JULY 2019 Download PDFs: > OCN Submission to Upper House Building Defects Inquiry > OCN Annexure B - Building Stronger Foundations Submission > OCN Annexure C - Strata Committee Support Service Funding Proposal > OCN Annexure D - Decennial Insurance Solution  

Inquiry into the Regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes2020-10-06T21:47:27+11:00

Give Us Our Homes Back!

2020-10-06T22:08:58+11:00

OCN MEDIA RELEASE: 26 July 2019 Building Defects – ‘Give us our homes back’ say apartment owners It will be years before government reforms restore confidence in the building industry, say apartment owners, and only a substantive support package can restore consumer confidence promptly. This week the Owners Corporation Network (OCN), an association representing thousands of apartment owners, responded to the NSW Government’s plans to fix the building defect crisis. [...]

Give Us Our Homes Back!2020-10-06T22:08:58+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

The Australian Nightmare

2020-10-08T11:56:48+11:00

17 JULY 2019 Building ministers from around the country are trying to work out how to restore confidence in the construction sector following the emergency evacuation of two Sydney apartment blocks when structural cracks appeared. > Watch the full segment at iview.abc.net.au Jules Holman

The Australian Nightmare2020-10-08T11:56:48+11:00
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