Building companies feel they must sacrifice quality for profits, but it doesn’t have to be this way
- Written by Kerry London, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research, Torrens University Australia
The Australian construction industry has long been facing a crisis of serious defects in apartment buildings. In the past, alarming incidents such as the Sydney Opal Tower evacuation and the Melbourne Lacrosse fire signalled systemic problems in construction.
The same problem persists today. One recent report shows serious defects in apartment...





