To be an extraordinary defect facilitator, you need to understand the fundamentals of the events to come and how defects become struck off during a legal battle. The measures you take in dilapidation, reporting, and monitoring of the progression of defects should always be undertaken with a developed flawless process. Failure to instil these processes, you will […]
Although Grays Rescue is a young company, we are privileged to work with the most extraordinary engineering experts and strata and construction legal minds. So far in our two years of existence and operation, to be collaborating and trusted to facilitate major defects and their remediation keeps us more focused. This has in turn provided […]
As a motorhome enthusiast, I know that most insurers balk at insuring motorhomes with lithium batteries and solar systems. This is for the reason that the current technology is just too young and also because of the fact that lithium batteries catch fire regularly. There are many articles published about this matter. Meanwhile, in our strata industry, the insurers don’t seem to have the same concerns. So why […]
At its best, a well-oiled machine has every piece in its place, performing to an optimal level for which it was designed and installed. The same can be said for individual companies coming together as a team to take on the unthinkable. This is my take on the strata industry at the moment. The industry […]
A less than reasonable scope of works (SoW) is not a new term; lawyers representing owners corporations very clearly understand that yes, a developer will likely agree to rectify the defects, but are owner’s corporation’s compromising with the rectifications. Being a building management company dedicated to defect management and on the ground litigation support, less […]
Management of contractor documentation is an essential part of building management. From work permits, insurances, SoW to keeping minutes of discussions and toolbox meetings, detailed documentation is a priority. Following the new regime of contractor documentation management being delivered as part of the DBPR, Grays Rescue Building Management’s commitment to personal and company development finds […]
A building management company can boast all of our processes and expertise, but in the end actions count. When a Building Manager skips through an induction without instilling the respect an induction deserves, expectations change. If a contractor doesn’t respect the process’s or feels the building management is not proactive regarding safe-work practises, many contractors […]
Defect rectifications are never straight forward and when control joint issues are thrown into the mix, what is usually simple waterproofing, delamination and facade rectifications become delayed as rectifying these prior to a control joint rectification is likely going to result in a second failure. As factual and simple as this is, try telling that […]
I could say that I have come full circle during my career from a plumbing trade to a handyman and now a flourishing building management company. My first experience in building management was in a building with little to no hot water, year-round, that brought out the plumber in me. From that moment, I was […]
Working in a more investigative building management capacity, a word that is banished around more than I wish to encounter is “performance solution”. Depending upon which professionals are managing a performance solution, they can bring out the best and the worst of our expert industry. I have witnessed amazing performance solutions from engineers and they […]
It’s all good and well for government regulators to be cheering and patting themselves on the back for reaching this agreement of a 20-year defect liability period for the Sykview Apartment complex. The fact is, in every defect mediation process, large numbers of defects remain left off the table as the process of including them […]
Old flexible hoses rust out and burst; this is a fact. The general working life of a Flexi hose is two-four years, yet recently I dealt with six levels of damage from a burst Flexi hose 11 years in place. I began thinking about how to better risk manage Flexi hose management. If it were […]
Working within the Strata Industry is not always dealing with angry residents, sometimes it provides us with much entertainment. From residents installing non waterproofed water fountains in living rooms that leak through a slab, or even residents demanding for their parking space to be industrially cleaned because someone walked through it leaving a dirty footprint. […]
As someone who has managed a large number of remedial rectifications in residential strata buildings, the one thing that is clear is not all engineers, tradies and remedial rectification contractors are made equal. Periods of remedial rectification is usually an unpleasant experience for residents and strata committees. Ongoing variations and delay costs can frustrate a […]
One of the Grays Rescue Building Management’s expressions is: if people can reach it, they will touch it. Sliced fingers from low hanging booker rods are one of the more common resident injuries in common property as a result of careless tradesmanship. Both plumbers and electricians are usually the culprits for taking the quick option of […]
Today we are looking at 3D Strata Plans and all of their benefits. As someone who works within the parameters of investigative building management and forensic building management, I personally find 3D strata plans very useful and I am always on the lookout for the program that provides advanced capabilities for mapping and landmarking. In […]