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Chandler will stay on as NSW building commissioner after the government convinced him to reconsider his resignation

NSW construction watchdog David Chandler said developers would celebrate his departure with champagne but he wanted to make them wait an extra year, however, he has cut short his tenure.

The abrupt departure of NSW’s first Building Commissioner has sparked speculation and raised questions about the future of the state’s building reform agenda.

Labor is urging the government to explain Chandler’s “dramatic and premature” departure from his role, which was created to clean up shoddy building work.

The NSW Government’s Project Remediate, which sees eligible buildings with flammable cladding able to have the materials replaced, is still in a holding pattern, with not one of the 166 buildings registered for the scheme yet to be rectified.

Five years after flames tore through the Grenfell tower in West London, killing 72 people, the Strata Community Association (SCA) says action taken across Australia to prevent a similar incident is

Five years on from the deadly Grenfell Tower fire in London, buildings in NSW are still lined with similar ...

Five years after flames tore through the Grenfell tower in West London, killing 72 people, the Strata Community Association (SCA) says action taken across Australia to prevent a similar incident is promising, but can be improved. 

Every homeowner and tenant deserves a safe place to live, and swift action needs to be taken in order to prevent a major tragedy occurring in our own backyard.

NCP has been in use in Australia for several years and is AS1530.1 and AS1530.3 compliant non-combustible.