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Shutters or blinds, window enclosures or panel walls installed to completed buildings may impinge upon building occupant safety Background In the wake of London’s Grenfell Tower fire tragedy and Melbourne’s Lacrosse Tower, combustible cladding has been identified as a major safety concern for occupants of multi-storey apartment buildings. The Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC)…
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In any building with a car park, whether it be underground, high rise or ground level, there are a number of obligations you have to ensure the safety of residents and visitors. The correct lighting of the car park is crucial for a number of reasons and there are many ways you can manage this…
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Either a body corporate or an owner may wish to install Closed-Circuit Tele-Vision (CCTV) in a community titles scheme. Naturally, such a wish might raise several questions about body corporate and owner responsibility, as well as concerns about recording and privacy. While legal advice might be required to answer all questions, this article is designed…
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If William Shakespeare was a Queensland strata title property owner (particularly in North Queensland), he might at this very stage be writing: To insure, or not to insure, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous cyclones, non-conforming cladding, terrorism risks and the like, Or…
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