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Tag Archives: building commission
Building disputes, building reports, defects in new homes, what you should know.
If you have a building dispute and you need to take it further you will need professionally prepared building defect report to identify defects, reference them to breaches of warranty, breaches of contract and standards. You will then need estimate … Continue reading
Is this Building Commission building inspector a Jack of duds?
This is what you get when you get your building complaint investigated by Building Commission. Don’t waste your time! Think about it. Is the owner supposed to fill the spa with water risking her children’s life whilst waiting for a … Continue reading
Fire safety, risking your life is not an optional extra, its’ standard with our building control system.
The following examples of defective fire separation wall between residential units (at two separate locations) will send shivers up your spine. If you live in a residential unit, you won’t be sleeping easy tonight! One of the above defects was … Continue reading
Building Commission, Ssssht, just don’t mention safety!
The Building Commission is a statutory authority that oversees the building control system in Victoria. We ensure the safety, liveability and sustainability of our built environment. Mr Arnel said the Commission accepted the Auditor-General’s findings that there was room for … Continue reading
Frame inspection, builder, building inspector and Building Commission all asleep at the wheel
This frame inspection is a beauty If the builder has quality assurance system, where is it? It must be asleep at the wheel! What about the building inspector, asleep on duty? Building and structural elements are regularly damaged and then … Continue reading
Building Commission, the office of dream destruction, why is this builder still registered?
Every now and then I come across something so shocking that it leaves me with profound disgust for the builder and the system that enables it to happen and is unwilling to do something about it. This was young … Continue reading
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Tagged building commission, building defects, foundation flooding, new home inspection, slab damage
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What’s wrong with our building control system, Part 1
Recently I met a young man working at Bunnings whom I did not immediately recognise but he knew me and said Hello. As it happened he was a student in building surveying in the same class five years earlier. We … Continue reading
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Tagged building commission, building control, building inspectors, building surveyors, collusion with builder
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