The construction industry crisis didn’t happen overnight. Authorities have been on notice for years to fix the problems that now have the industry itself calling for better regulation.
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Estimated costs for Victoria alone range from hundreds of millions to as much as $1.6 billion If work to rectify buildings fitted with combustible cladding isn’t well handled.
Years of regulatory failure are having direct impacts on the hip pockets of the many Australians who bought defective houses or apartments. It’s turning into a multibillion-dollar disaster.
Under the new code, buildings are hardly likely to differ measurably from their fault-ridden older siblings and can still fall short of a six-star rating. It’s possible they may have no stars!
Architects, certifiers and engineers who work as consultants to builders are on notice about potential liability for the use of flammable cladding, but governments are also culpable for their actions.
The risks of combustible cladding on high-rise buildings have long been known. And audits have identified hundreds of Australian buildings with this cladding. Delay in replacing it is inexcusable.
As more and more Australians live and work in high-rise buildings, their responsibilities and roles in ensuring all occupants’ safety must not be neglected.
The number of families living in high-rise, inner-city apartments is growing. Yet our research shows many parents find it challenging to raise children in such housing.
Tech-savvy baby boomers are driving the trend towards retirement living in high-rise city apartments.
If it’s true millennials are being squeezed out of the housing market in some of Canada’s biggest cities, here’s what we can, and should, do about it.
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Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in City Planning, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Professor, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor, City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW
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Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor and Co-Director of Studies for Construction Law, The University of Melbourne
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Research Associate, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Health and Social Sciences, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Geography and Sustainability, School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong
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Director, Glowpear, Board member, ISDRS, Vice President, AHA and Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate and Research Assistant, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor in Research & Innovation, RMIT University
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne