NSW Design & Building Practitioners (DBP) Act & Regulation Couvaras Architects update to clients – April 2021 The NSW Government enacted the DBP Act in June 2020. The Act will come into effect on 1 July 2021, along with the accompanying Regulation (final...
RE: NSW Building Regulation changes We are writing to provide our clients with a brief update on legislation changes that will affect the way buildings are built, and the services we will be required to provide. Following a number of high profile building disasters...
Controversial I know – To all my friends in real estate, this is not aimed at you – good on you for getting paid well for what you do. This is an issue for my own profession & those that engage our services. Very rarely is the agents commission, fancy suit or...
In my last article, we looked at why it doesn’t make sense to save on Design Fees. In this article we look at the effects of cutting costs (ie corners) during construction. I recently attended a webinar on waterproofing issues in buildings. The presenter made the...
Somewhere in the last few decades, saving money has become the most important consideration in most of our purchasing decisions. In the building & development game, this translates into cutting costs wherever possible to try and gain a competitive advantage. As we...
