The NSW Building Commissioner is interested in the big picture with local government certifiers

Details: Published: Wednesday, 05 October 2022 11:41

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We met with the NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler on 9 September, concerned about slide 5 in a presentation he had made to a Developers’ Lunch on 25 August. We think he’s done a great job generally, unbelievable productivity, the statistics on the number of apartments inspected and the benefits that provides to consumers are astonishing and we love the idea that when he’s finished in his current role, he takes over the Office of Local Government for a while. He would only need six months.

Slide 5 showed a comparison of “Non-compliances” of eleven private Certifiers with certification done at nine councils from an audit of 21 Developments, 31CCs and 26 OCs and showing “85 Non Compliances”.

The Building Commissioner is interested in the quality of the certifying rather than the quality of the certifiers, he understands issues of under-resourcing and those problems confronted every day by the industry. For that reason, he didn’t want to identify the nine councils but we can rest assured that it’s the process targeted here, rather than an individual certifier or certifiers. Fair enough, we look forward to the recommendations from the Report, yet to be published.