The building management industry has many fine examples of quality building management representatives and all with a range of skillsets. Grays Rescue Building Management become thrust into the spotlight in January 2020. Chris Gray’s capabilities resulted in Grays Rescue Building Management being called upon to join the team at Mascot Towers working alongside industry leading […]
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 […]
With long overdue pressure on building management and fire contractors to achieve passive fire compliance, there are now consequences for the building management industry to professionally manage and maintain the documentation related to Fire Resistance Level (FRL). The passive fire industry’s overhaul has clearly raised the standards of AFSS and its compliance responsibilities, the building […]
Driving through Sydney, we are beginning to see a lot more wood grain finishes, usually pressure-treated wood on balcony areas as decorative finishes and acoustic and light reflection treatments, decks and fencing. Personally, I love the look of pressure-treated wood and applaud their use in what seems to be a never ending jungle of concrete, […]
thestratacommittee.com take a look at the changing face of residential strata maintenance and where it is headed. A number of strata management companies have dipped their toes into the water of strata maintenance only to be met with a frosty reception from their clients and some companies have flourished building a reputation as all in one […]
Although the Design and Building Practitioners Regulation (DBPR) of 2021 does not completely extend to the building management sector, the new regulations will indirectly majorly impact residential building management for class 2 strata buildings. In short, the building management role in its current state will be largely minimised during larger remediation works. Building managers will […]
So, you have renovated your apartment, laid timber flooring and your apartment fire door failed AFSS. This is common and the bad news is the lot owner is responsible and often a replacement the fire door is required. Many owners corporations are left to pay the cost for apartment doors that fail. Often this expense […]
When undertaking works in a unit, it is the building managers role to protect all parties from unit owners making unreasonable demands on contractors that become ridiculous. The best way to do this is with a methodology of repair statement that an owner must agree to before undertaking the works. This never makes us popular […]
Along with our company policies and processes, we keep an article penned by Colin Grace of Grace Lawyers about abandoned goods as it articulates the best legal requirements and steps forward allowing the protection of the owners corporation, that I have seen to date. I would like to expand on this great article from a […]
Being onsite, a building manager makes relationships quicker than strata managers with residents and committees, and a picture tells a thousand words when there is a problem. A Strata Manager can be flying blind on issues while a building manager is there and can see it first hand in full perspective. My relationship with strata managers […]
A happy strata community is a great place to live and often it is the smaller ideas that work to bring a community together. One idea Grays Rescue Building Management suggests to put a smile on people’s faces is a community street library within the building. They take almost no space at all and require […]
Fair play for contractors is important to Grays Rescue Building Management and our reputation, however, it can be difficult. When tendering works you may have a company that always delivers for your clients and on the other hand you may have a company with a much cheaper price that is unknown to you. My instinct […]
The most common statement you may hear from a strata committee is “we don’t have sufficient money in our sinking fund to undertake larger repairs and maintenance to common property”. Every strata scheme large or small will undertake remedial rectifications at some point and if a committee commissions a remedial report for faults in the […]