Regulations that are meant to protect residents from building failures and fires have been found wanting. All governments must take responsibility for fixing the defective regime they created.
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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.
While Opal Tower residents are more badly affected than most, up to 80% of multi-unit buildings have serious defects. Here’s what government can do right now to fix the industry.
Building defects in apartment blocks are far from unusual. We need to identify the systemic flaws contributing to them.
It’s tempting to blame building certifiers and the fact they are privately employed. But the cracks in the quality of our apartment buildings go deeper and can be fixed.
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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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Professor, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Associate Professor and Co-Director of Studies for Construction Law, The University of Melbourne
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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