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Advertisement Retailers at the base of Mascot Towers have been given a Christmas reprieve after SafeWork NSW granted an extension to repairs that would have seen the businesses close over the festive period. The harrowed building’s owners corporation has now been given to the end of January to put in safety measures due to an unstable facade and risks of falling bricks and rubble. Businesses at the base of the harrowed Mascot Towers will be able to trade over Christmas. Credit:Ben Rushton Residents inside the residential block were evacuated in June 2019 after major cracks appeared in the s...

Engineers to escape licensing rules due to 'very dangerous' loophole We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Engineers to escape licensing rules due to 'very dangerous' loophole Normal text size Advertisement The majority of engineers in NSW will be free to practise without registration well after regulations intended to bolster the quality of construction come into force in July next year. A lack of progress in fully closing a loophole has sparked warnings that NSW will remain a "safe haven" for unqualified engineers to work on rail, road and oth...

Architecture news & editorial desk A collaboration between researchers from UNSW Sydney’s City Futures Research Centre and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has resulted in the development of a new consumer-friendly guide that will help strata property owners and managers navigate the complex process of dealing with defects in apartment buildings. This useful guide complements the reforms introduced by the NSW Government to the multi-billion-dollar apartment building sector following the Opal Tower problem. Available online, this step-by-step tool, ‘Strata Defects Rectification Gu...