fire safety & AFSS

How to add value to an entire apartment block

2020-11-18T12:13:57+11:00

20 August 2020 Getting all owners in an apartment complex to agree to extensive renovations requires much more than the power of persuasion. A commercial mindset, an active and competent body corporate and good timing are also essential. Licensed real estate agent and auctioneer Craig Rosevear, who has been closely involved in the external transformation of the three blocks of 14 apartments where he is an owner, suggests treating the project as [...]

How to add value to an entire apartment block2020-11-18T12:13:57+11:00

Why some strata services are essentially a rip-off

2020-10-07T04:27:26+11:00

13 AUGUST 2020 With all the horror stories of what goes wrong when an apartment catches fire, you would never want to skimp on safety. But what if you were paying over the odds for safety inspections that were followed by upgrades that you didn’t really need but were recommended by the same people who did the inspection? Oh, and the inspection was compulsory. A year ago this column exposed the [...]

Why some strata services are essentially a rip-off2020-10-07T04:27:26+11:00

High-Rise Tower Catches Fire in United Arab Emirates

2020-09-21T21:55:42+10:00

5 May 2020 A high-rise tower caught fire late Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates in a city-state neighboring Dubai, a blaze that saw flames rapidly shoot up the sides of the building like other recent incidents that involved flammable cladding. The blaze at the 48-story Abbco Tower in Sharjah saw flaming debris shower neighboring dusty parking lots and left metal siding littering surrounding streets. The UAE, including skyscraper-studded Dubai, has [...]

High-Rise Tower Catches Fire in United Arab Emirates2020-09-21T21:55:42+10:00

Greens say ACT government should audit privately-owned buildings for flammable cladding

2020-10-07T16:23:31+11:00

21 SEPTEMBER 2019 The ACT Greens say the government should consider auditing Canberra's apartment buildings for potentially dangerous flammable cladding. The government launched an audit of territory-owned buildings in July 2017, weeks after the deadly Grenfell Tower fire in London put the global spotlight on the use of aluminum and polyethylene cladding. But the ACT government isn't inspecting privately-owned buildings, relying instead on insurance companies to pass on information about the [...]

Greens say ACT government should audit privately-owned buildings for flammable cladding2020-10-07T16:23:31+11:00

Combustible cladding will ‘test the owners corporation model’

2020-10-07T16:24:31+11:00

3 SEPTEMBER 2019 Fixing combustible cladding will require technical skills and understanding beyond some owners corporations – especially in smaller buildings – and could prompt a rethink about the best way to manage housing stock, Victoria's cladding tsar Dan O'Brien says. 40 per cent of the 406 structures deemed "high risk" to date were three storeys or below, Mr O'Brien told a property industry audience last week. The lack of sophistication of [...]

Combustible cladding will ‘test the owners corporation model’2020-10-07T16:24:31+11:00

Number of Airbnb listings in NSW could be slashed by proposed new fire safety rules, expert warns

2020-10-07T16:25:22+11:00

3 SEPTEMBER 2019 The number of properties offered on Airbnb could be slashed thanks to a NSW government proposal to impose stringent new fire safety rules on homes being let short-term. To bring their homes up to the required level, owners and lead tenants could face bills of thousands of dollars to fit integrated smoke alarms in bedrooms and corridors, as well as heat sensors in kitchens, fire extinguishers, fire blankets, [...]

Number of Airbnb listings in NSW could be slashed by proposed new fire safety rules, expert warns2020-10-07T16:25:22+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

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

Danger Sydney apartment defects revealed in Zetland block

2020-10-08T12:02:48+11:00

10 JULY 2019 A third Sydney apartment block is under scrutiny over building and safety issues after it was revealed its residents were evacuated last year. Residents from the 30 loft-style apartments at 19 Gadigal Avenue in Zetland, in Sydney's southwest were evacuated late last year, while City of Sydney staff had inspected the building in February and found it had "extensive and severe water damage", a city spokesman said. Stephen [...]

Danger Sydney apartment defects revealed in Zetland block2020-10-08T12:02:48+11:00

Zetland apartments abandoned in secret evacuation over ‘severe’ defects

2020-10-08T12:04:02+11:00

10 JULY 2019 An inner Sydney apartment building remains abandoned eight months after its occupants were evacuated over water and fire safety defects, in revelations expected to deliver a fresh blow to confidence in the city's building standards. The emergence of a third residential unit building with severe defects will intensify pressure on the state government to address concerns about building standards. Cracking forced the evacuation of Sydney Olympic Park's Opal [...]

Zetland apartments abandoned in secret evacuation over ‘severe’ defects2020-10-08T12:04:02+11:00
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