NSW Government introduces Fire Safety Reforms
Compulsory Competent Fire Safety Practitioner Registration Now in Force for Annual Fire Safety Statements The NSW Government has introduced reforms to Fire Safety to strengthen the state’s building regulation and certification systems. On July 1st, 2020, the Secretary of the NSW Department of Finance, Services…
Life after COVID-19: What can PropTech do to improve health and well being?
Author: Kieran Balmaceda Co-Author: Amber Keogh There will be much to take away from COVID-19, and naturally all eyes will be on minimising the likelihood such an event could happen again. At least, not with such an aggression and inability to detect, monitor and…
Employers caught out by legal requirements as Work from Home surges during COVID-19
Author: Kieran Balmaceda It is said that you need to treat your house like an office when Working from Home. Believe it or not, this is a requirement by law. The aggression we’re seeing across the expansion of COVID-19 has exposed a glaring deficiency in…
Avoiding liability during COVID-19: How to maintain Safety Measures and Emergency Planning Compliance during building vacancy or inactivity
Author | Kieran Balmaceda The rapid acceleration of COVID-19 as a point of global concern has caused an equally sharp rise in popularity, and necessity, for Work from Home arrangements in order for employers to maintain employee health and safety. The flow on effect of…
Minimising risk across your buildings through scheduled servicing and accreditation: Know your responsibilities
Author and editor – Kieran Balmaceda Technical Advisory – Lee Wren Consider the following: How confident are you in the reliability and readiness of your building’s fire safety systems? What happens if or when there is a fire? Is your contractor reliable? Can you be…
Understanding the Victorian Cladding Rectification Levy
Author – Kieran Balmaceda Following the past few years of investigation and assessment into non-compliant and potentially flammable cladding products in our buildings, most states are now beginning the process of addressing buildings deemed “unsafe” through their respective remediation programs. State Governments continue to discuss…
Australia’s Cladding Landscape: 2019 review and 2020 forecast
2019 has been a year of rising concern against relatively steady but modest progress, as Government and Industry seek to deal with the issues surrounding the use of non-conforming and unsafe building materials, particularly combustible Aluminium Composite Panels (ACPs) Concerns this year have also included…
Bring your Risk and Compliance obligations together with an Integrated Approach
Choosing a provider that can deliver a holistic understanding of overall risk is paramount in streamlining key attributes to ensure necessary frameworks, assessment, response, reporting and monitoring are easier to manage.
Buildings will no longer perform without PropTech, here’s what you should know
Author: Kieran Balmaceda When is the ideal time to consider PropTech? Now. We are now at a point where the technology is here and readily available, and will impact every owner, operator and user of the built-environment. The rate of growth in the sector as…
Bulletin: Two weeks remain for QLD Building owners to complete Stage 3 of the Combustible Cladding Checklist
Two weeks remain for building owners in Queensland to complete part 3 of the Safer Buildings Combustible Cladding Checklist.
