After experiencing an unprecedented boom in high-rise apartment construction over the past decade:
And with flammable cladding and structural faults proliferating, the State Government in January finally took action by giving the NSW Building Commissioner the power to block dodgy developers from building high-rise:
Designed to prevent repeats of the Opal and Mascot Towers crises, the reform package — likely to form a blueprint for a national industry shake-up — will grant sweeping powers to the NSW Building Commissioner to stop defective apartment blocks from being built, particularly if they are linked to contractors with poor track records…
