Concrete Cancer in Apartment Buildings in Wollongong

For class 2 buildings, the NSW Government classes remedial building work under the Design and Building Practitioners legislation, so an apartment block's concrete cancer repair comes with a registered design practitioner who prepares the design. Common property repairs sit with the owners corporation, and any contractor whose job passes A$5,000 in labour and materials, GST included, must hold a NSW contractor licence.

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What concrete cancer in apartment buildings in Wollongong actually involves

The NSW Government uses remedial building work as an umbrella term: repairs or upgrades to an existing building, fixing a defect, or taking corrective action on it. For class 2 buildings that kind of work falls under the DBP legislation. We apply that only to class 2 buildings, mixed-use buildings with a class 2 part included, and say nothing beyond it.

The edge of a stairwell landing in a low-rise apartment building with a spalled section and rust staining — concrete cancer in apartment buildings, Wollongong. Illustrative example.

What the design step is

Before the work starts a registered design practitioner has to prepare a Construction Issued Regulated Design (CIRD), and a building practitioner then lodges it through the NSW Planning Portal. Planning and paying for common property repairs, defects included, is the owners corporation's job.

Put three questions to the strata manager: is the building class 2, who is arranging the design, and what does the provider's quote assume about it?.

A duotone view of a concrete block with a recess cut to show steel bars — concrete cancer in apartment buildings, Wollongong. Illustrative example.

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