Requirements under the Design & Building Practitioners Act 2020 for Strata Managers
The NSW Government has developed a reform package with the intention of transforming the NSW building sector with a refocus on quality construction and remediation.
The new Design & Building Practitioners (D&BP) Regulation affects most medium and high-rise strata buildings (where people live above each other is generally a class 2 building under the Building Code Australia) and is relevant to designs for new buildings, modifications and additions to existing buildings, and major maintenance and remediation to existing strata buildings. Certain types of projects will need to be run by an engineer.
AEGIS' Civil and Structural Engineers are Chartered with Engineers Australia, and we are registered Design & Building Practitioners and Engineers for strata buildings of all sizes.
This means that our team at AEGIS can inspect, report, scope and specify, and then contractually oversee any major maintenance and remediation projects as is now required by the D&BP Act.
We appreciate that this is new territory; where strata managers are strata governance experts, we see our role as technical and project delivery experts and always want to get the best outcome for Owners Corporations and building owners. Please do not hesitate to contact our office as I know there will be plenty of questions around the new legislation.
Dylan Chresby
Managing Director / Principal Engineer
