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The designers, technical experts, contractors, manufacturers, and installers involved will to speak to their contributions and answer your questions at an in-person event or virtually. The Project Remediate team and I will be in attendance. The final NSW #ProjectRemediate #PatternBook will be presented on the 4th of May 2023 from 3 to 6pm at #TAFE’s Multi Trades and Digital Technology Hub at Meadowbank.Ī call out to #Designers, #Contractors, #Fabricators, #Installers, #Students and #StrataOwners. Images of defects to be addressed in the case study project referred to in this post is available here: #Accountability and #Visibility in 2023. The price of these policies will relate to the trustworthiness of the developer and delivery team.Ĭonsumers should enquire about #LatentDefectsInsurance from here on. The first of these are now available and issued. Soon, credentialed developers will be able to offer 10-year warranty insurance by approved insurance providers. Just that a rated developer or builder is more likely to return and make good their defects. #Consumers should note that a rating is not a guarantee that there will be no latent defects present. Those with #iCIRT like ratings may be offered some latitude over those who have yet to establish their credentials as a trustworthy player. Enforceable Undertakings will require securities, and be published.ĭevelopers, Builders and Certifiers with past insolvency, poor work quality and non-compliance form will be singled out for priority attention. Serious defects will most likely involve #BuildingInformationCertificates, new #DeclaredDesigns, updated #ConstructionCertificates and in some instances an #EnforceableUndertakings to provide enhanced risk assurance for apartment purchasers to cover latent issues. The immediate message is that the days of simply washing over defects with patch-jobs are over. The case study will show where process improvements can be made by the regulator, certifiers and most importantly builders. And they can be added to after a #CertificateofOccupancy (OC) is issued, typically up to 6-years. Audit defect lists are likely to be expanded at later visits if new items are identified.

#Developers, #Builders and #Certifiers should note that any Fair Trading Audit under the RAB Act does not signal a final list of potential serious defects. Serious defects in this project were identified by #NSWFairTrading over a year ago. Save for now, to say the findings here will inform a detailed case study, that those with an interest in the NSW #RABAct should follow carefully. The project in this video will be revealed in the next few months. There will be no latitude offerred to these projects.įollow this link to review the 14th November 2022 amendments to the #RABAct: Most projects now coming to completion were commenced in the 2019 to 2022 time window. Some phasing in latitude was unavoidable. It was always going to take some time for the slow adopters to realise that the consequences of not paying attention were going to be high. #BuildingReforms in NSW have been rolled out over the last 3-years. Welcome to 2023 the year of #Accountability and #Visibility.
