Retrospective Compliance & Duty of Care

Retrospective Compliance & Duty of Care   Retrospective Compliance & Duty of Care The requirement of retrospective compliance of structures and an engineer’s duty of care comes under two banners: 1. When alterations and additions are proposed. Alterations and additions to buildings are common ways to freshen up a residential environment. In a strata block, […]

Home Owners Warranty and other forms of legal recovery

Blog – Home Owners Warranty and other forms of legal recovery.   While MJ Civil are not legal practitioners and as such are not able to provide legal direction, our experience through the preparation of Expert Reports for use as evidence in civil proceedings, for either a Plaintiff or a defendant, are featured in this […]

Wall Removal in Strata or Company Title Buildings

Blog – Wall Removal in Strata or Company Title Buildings   Due to the increased popularity in open plan living, strata and other managed buildings are being approached by owners to reconfigure the internal structure of properties.  Owners are attracted to open plan living as they can integrate multiple living spaces, provide the illusion of increased […]

Awning Safety and Certification of Street Awnings

Blog – Awning Safety and Certification of Street Awnings   The NSW Government’s Department of Infrastructure and Planning has recently drawn awareness to potential safety issues relating to awnings over public lands. This has been primarily driven by the Deputy State Coroner’s coronial inquest into a fatal accident at Balgowlah in December 2007 involving the […]

Concrete Spalling in Strata Buildings

Blog – Concrete Spalling in Strata Buildings  Concrete spalling, also known as concrete cancer, is caused by corrosion of the steel reinforcement embedded within a concrete structure. As steel reinforcement corrodes it expands, causing cracking of the surrounding concrete. Spalling has the potential to be extremely detrimental to concrete structures and if left untreated, could […]

Magnesite Induced Spalling in Strata Buildings

Blog – Magnesite Induced Spalling in Strata Buildings   Between the 1960’s and the 1990’s, a material called magnesite was commonly used as a self levelling floor screed for concrete floor slabs, particularly in residential strata buildings. This material predominately comprised of a magnesium chloride binder and wood chips. If mixed and bound correctly, this […]