Apartment building defects are not uncommon these days, but the NSW government has been developing new solutions using AI and blockchain to crackdown on this. Speaking at the 2021 digital.NSW event, ...

If you own an apartment – or are thinking of buying one – the recent news about building quality has been worrying. There have been evacuations at the Opal and Mascot apartment towers in Sydney, ...

Seattle—A Seattle apartment building in danger of structural failure will be dismantled as soon as all the residents move out. The 25-story McGuire Apartments, located at Second Avenue and Wall Street ...

Betterment has rarely been advanced as a defence in English courts until now, post-Grenfell, with the advent of building-safety defect claims. This article, first published in Construction News, takes ...

The patch of mould is a blight on the white ceiling, its presence at odds with the clean smell of a new home. “Zeher, look at this,” says the owner, IT worker Adriana La Rosa. Site Inspections chief ...

The Hale Ho‘ola building at Hawaii State Hospital — a 144-bed secure psychiatric facility that was built for $160 million and opened in May 2021 — is already in need of major repair. Problems at ...

Buildings Department training more staff to pilot drones that spot potential facade problems more precisely Hong Kong authorities used drones to scrutinise 157 ageing buildings last year for signs of ...