- Title
- Is a death the key for policy change in NSW construction?
- Creator
- Smolders, John; Sher, Willy
- Relation
- 43rd Australasian Universities Building Education Association (AUBEA). Proceedings of the AUBEA Conference 2019 Built to Thrive: Creating buildings and cities that support individual well-being and community prosperity (Noosa, Qld. 6 - 8 November 2019) p. 638-647
- Publisher
- Central Queensland University
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- The recent spate of defective buildings highlighted by the news media has ignited a call by property owners for effective controls to be implemented to ensure purchasers of apartments are assured that (for some) their biggest investment has some form of warranty to protect them against defects and expensive rework. Several investigations by government to improve productivity and compliance have had some beneficial impact but problems still persist. This paper highlights recommendations investigated by and for government that have not been put into practice. This paper investigates past Royal Commissions, Inquiries and Reports commissioned by State and Federal governments. Whilst their overall conclusions are similar, the following aspects have been either specifically neglected or overlooked: design documentation, licencing and professional practice for high rise construction, compliant building materials and effective regulatory control. This paper establishes a link to the causations of rework as a direct result of the above omissions through two case studies. The case studies were examined using mixed method research using a qualitative questionnaire administered to key stakeholders associated with the projects.
- Subject
- rework; policy; non-compliant building products,; documentation and skilling.
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1474465
- Identifier
- uon:49291
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781921047510
- Language
- eng
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