by Stuart Smith | Dec 13, 2022 | Building Industry News
The UK Government in April this year enacted the Building Safety Act 2022. The new Bill is in response to the Dame Judith Hackitt’s review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, which highlighted a need for significant cultural and regulatory change following the...
by Stuart Smith | Feb 23, 2022 | Building Industry News
Why Facility Management Systems can go wrong. Implementing a new FM or Asset Management System (AMS) can be both high risk and a disappointment if not done well. Statistics from the web state approximately 70% of IT projects are failures. The Top Mistakes when...
by Stuart Smith | Feb 17, 2022 | Building Industry News
New Model Guidance for Building Manuals Issued by Australian Building Codes Board The Australian Building Codes Board has developed a new Model Guidance for Building Manuals. This guidance is a national model for building manuals defining the minimum building manual...
by Stuart Smith | Jan 31, 2022 | Building Industry News
The University of NSW (UNSW) has issued a new report on Defective Buildings in new apartment developments. Titled ‘Cracks in the Compact City: Tackling defective buildings in multi-unit strata housing’[1]. The report highlights the problems for new strata owners, the...
by Stuart Smith | Dec 7, 2021 | Building Industry News
Understanding the importance of managing risks of Operations and Maintenance Manuals A recent conversation with a Senior Project Manager for a major new project highlighted the lack of understanding about the importance of managing risks of Operations and Maintenance...