Five years ago I was asked by Engineers Australia to contribute to the Lambert Report (2015) and for my article Building Defects: A builder’s view to be included on the…

Having Problems with Defects in your Multi-Apartment Building? We are interested in hearing from you if you are in the following situation: -The building is a multi-story apartment building that…

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This is a history note and an update to place an important national event within the chronicle of tragedies and misadventure in the high rise multi-apartment sector of the Australian…

Dr Jonathan Drane: Greenshoot News Update Regional City Growth Dynamics: A Research Focus I have recently left academia after 6 years at both UNSW Built Environment and then Western Sydney University’s…

Book Now For Dr Drane’s Master Classes on Property Development  Image from Choice Article by, Jemma Castle, ‘Apartment Building Defects, What to look out for’  ( 15 September 2016) https://www.choice.com.au/money/property/buying/articles/apartment-building-defects…

This  an archival post. The article was posted at the time the issue arose in October 2015. New legislation has been effected since as a result of the outcry due…

A little history of private property  development and its effect on defect levels in Australia. Defects have plagued buildings for decades if not centuries, and no more so than in…

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