Beyond Opal: a 10-point plan to fix the residential building industry
- Written by Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, Univeristy of NSW, UNSW
The failure of the Opal Tower building in Sydney has highlighted the poor quality of speculatively built multi-unit housing in Australia. The tower’s 392 apartments were evacuated on Christmas Eve when residents heard loud cracks and defects were found. So far, the only reaction from government has been a knee-jerk promise to crack down on...
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