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‘The power players are right in your face’: How David Chandler took on Sydney’s shoddy developers

2022-08-01T15:12:14+10:00

13 JULY 2022 The state’s first Building Commissioner, David Chandler, had been looking forward to going fishing when his stint in the high-profile role was due to end this year. But once he heard some developers had already ordered the champagne for a party to celebrate his exit, he decided to stay put a bit longer, Chandler reportedly quipped to a room of property insiders a few months ago. Owners Corporation [...]

‘The power players are right in your face’: How David Chandler took on Sydney’s shoddy developers2022-08-01T15:12:14+10:00

NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler Resigns

2022-07-26T12:22:54+10:00

25 JULY 2022 NSW’s first building commissioner, David Chandler, has quit the role three years after former Liberal premier Gladys Berejiklian appointed him to lift the standards of the state’s beleaguered construction industry. Owners Corporation Network executive officer Karen Stiles said Chandler was respected and had “led massive reforms during his tenure in an attempt to restore consumer confidence”. She said the news of his departure was “terribly sad”. “NSW had [...]

NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler Resigns2022-07-26T12:22:54+10:00

Out of Court Settlement Reached Over Opal Towers

2022-05-21T16:22:12+10:00

21 May 2021 According to Karen Stiles, executive director of apartment owners peak group Owners Corporation Network, the long-running case had exposed more than the cracks in the Opal Tower. “It was really the start of the turning point where the government had to admit we had a problem with rampant building defects in residential towers and actually had to do something to address it,” she said. Read more:> HERE

Out of Court Settlement Reached Over Opal Towers2022-05-21T16:22:12+10:00

NSW Developer Hit With Fresh Orders to Fix Serious Defects

2022-05-25T17:59:58+10:00

A large Sydney developer has been ordered to fix serious defects in a 10-storey apartment building in the city’s southwest for the second time in three months. In the latest orders, the state’s building watchdog has warned of a serious defect in the construction of load-bearing walls in the Canterbury building’s basement car park which it found “did not support a ground floor slab”.  Read more:> HERE  

NSW Developer Hit With Fresh Orders to Fix Serious Defects2022-05-25T17:59:58+10:00

Sydney Apartment Building Under Stop Work Order Due to Safety Concerns – Channel 7 News

2021-12-22T06:51:07+11:00

18 December 2021 Owners of a landmark apartment block in Sydney’s eastern suburbs face a long wait before they can move in after the NSW building watchdog ordered an immediate halt to their almost complete $50 million redevelopment. The watchdog has handed the owners of Skye, which overlooks Tamarama Beach, a stop-work notice and an order preventing them from moving in because fire sprinklers were not installed in seven of the [...]

Sydney Apartment Building Under Stop Work Order Due to Safety Concerns – Channel 7 News2021-12-22T06:51:07+11:00

Star Ratings System to Shine a Light on Dodgy Developers

2021-10-05T12:19:28+11:00

5 August 2021 It has a whiff of narcissism about it – “go on, tell me how great I am” – but NSW is about to introduce a voluntary star rating system for new apartment building projects. It’s a slow-burn strategy to eventually freeze the worst players out of the market, but it has been welcomed by owner advocates such as Karen Stiles, executive officer at the Owners Corporation Network (OCN), who says [...]

Star Ratings System to Shine a Light on Dodgy Developers2021-10-05T12:19:28+11:00
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