safety

How stacker malfunction in CBD apartment building crushed one car and trapped 30 more

2021-08-27T12:53:24+10:00

24 August 2021 Residents in an upmarket apartment tower have been left without access to their cars for almost two months after a six-storey car stacker went haywire - crushing one car and trapping 30 more. The residents of Melbourne's Bond Quarter building were startled by huge bang which shook the walls as one car was dropped by the car lift moments after the owner got out of the way. Daily [...]

How stacker malfunction in CBD apartment building crushed one car and trapped 30 more2021-08-27T12:53:24+10:00

How Can we Make Strata Communities Safer Places?

2021-10-12T14:33:25+11:00

OCN MEDIA RELEASE:  9 June 2021 Strata residents in Sydney have been warned by police to ensure their buildings, car parking and storage spaces are secure following an escalation in thefts and break-ins.  To ensure residents have the information they need to better manage the risks of criminal activities, Owners Corporation Network is hosting a free, on-line webinar open to anyone living in strata, anywhere in Australia. The Be Safe in [...]

How Can we Make Strata Communities Safer Places?2021-10-12T14:33:25+11:00

NSW Building Commissioner says engineers behind Sydney towers with ‘structural issues’ must be ‘accountable’

2021-05-19T10:34:53+10:00

14 May 2021 The NSW Building Commissioner says he will refer the principal engineers involved in a large Sydney residential development where "structural issues" were found to the industry's peak body. Karen Stiles, Executive Officer, Owners Corporation Network was interviewed. ABC News > View recording here > Read article here

NSW Building Commissioner says engineers behind Sydney towers with ‘structural issues’ must be ‘accountable’2021-05-19T10:34:53+10:00

St Kilda apartment building evacuated over combustible cladding fears

2021-05-12T15:44:58+10:00

10 May 2021 A bayside apartment building in Melbourne has been evacuated over safety fears due to combustible cladding. The Port Phillip Council municipal building surveyor has ordered residents of a St Kilda apartment building with combustible cladding concerns and other fire safety matters to leave within two weeks, Mayor Louise Crawford said in a statement. Jack Paynter News.com.au > Read full article here

St Kilda apartment building evacuated over combustible cladding fears2021-05-12T15:44:58+10:00

High-rise owners to get government advice about safe replacement cladding

2021-04-21T12:59:03+10:00

19 April 2021 Owners of high-rise buildings in Sydney will finally receive advice from the NSW government as early as Monday about what products they should use to replace flammable cladding found on their towers. The long-awaited findings from a report by the state’s cladding product safety panel are set to be released, helping to end years of uncertainty in NSW about whether replacement products are safe or too risky. “Owners [...]

High-rise owners to get government advice about safe replacement cladding2021-04-21T12:59:03+10:00

OCN Position Statement on COVID-19 Pandemic Issues – The Gaps in Hotel Quarantine

2021-02-26T15:30:57+11:00

February 2021 To date, the NSW Government has not acknowledged the risk of transmission of COVID-19 to residents in apartment buildings. The issues related to apartment buildings have gone under the radar as health authorities have had to focus on higher risk locations such as nursing homes, and on border control and the national Hotel Quarantine Program (HQP). The HQP has been Australia’s primary defense against the COVID-19 pandemic and has [...]

OCN Position Statement on COVID-19 Pandemic Issues – The Gaps in Hotel Quarantine2021-02-26T15:30:57+11:00

Developers forced to fix defects after commissioner wields new powers

2021-02-22T16:20:26+11:00

18 FEBRUARY 2021 Developers have been slapped with orders to fix serious defects in apartment buildings and townhouses, as the NSW Building Commissioner signals he will not hesitate using his strongest powers to stamp out shoddy work in the construction industry. Almost six months after his powers came into force, commissioner David Chandler has issued prohibition orders in the past week to developers of four buildings in Sydney and Forster, north [...]

Developers forced to fix defects after commissioner wields new powers2021-02-22T16:20:26+11:00

Airbnb ‘running amok’ during level 5 restrictions

2021-02-16T12:30:11+11:00

Airbnb should be taken down while Ireland is in level 5 restrictions because it is “running amok” by facilitating blatant breaches, including parties and binge drinking in rural areas, a senator has claimed. Cork senator Tim Lombard called on the Government to introduce legislation aimed at restricting Airbnb from renting out properties across the country. He cited a recent example in Kinsale that saw seven people from seven households found in [...]

Airbnb ‘running amok’ during level 5 restrictions2021-02-16T12:30:11+11:00
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