An insightful look at the building management compliance requirements and the ABMA Building Management Code with Lynda Kypriadakis

​​In the 15th Episode of Let’s Talk Strata, Lynda Kypriadakis talks about the significant need to ensure building/facilities management compliance to mitigate against risk.  Lynda talks about the ABMA Building Management Code and how critical it is for standards to be implemented in every building, stating:

Lynda agrees with the need to have standards and qualifications for Body Corporate Manager and Building Managers alike.  Lynda recognises that, as Manager’s role typically involves delivering building management outcomes linked to compliance on common property, there must be some form of qualifications or licence in place to complement the suite of legislation that regulates the industry.

Lynda also discusses the following:

• Challenges of an onsite manager in maintaining building compliance together with strategies to achieve this;
• The need to know your strengths and weaknesses, and get trained;
• Outlines best practice steps for building managers (the Building Management Plan);
• Required documentation and how to get it;
• The need for a warranties register;
• The need to know your own limitations and to have a good team around you;
• How to use the ABMA Building Management Code which provides objective standards to interpret often vague terms in a Building Management Agreement.

​Contact details:
 
(M) 0400 900 469
(E) lynda@abma.com.au
(W) www.abma.com.au
(W) www.diversefmx.com

​A discussion on the complexities involved in strata developments with Dr. Gary Bugden

​In the 14th Episode of Let’s Talk Strata, Gary overviews a brief history in the rise of strata developments in Queensland, illustrating the complexities in the realisation of sustainable communities.
 
In identifying “strata titling as one of the more famous exports that Australia has been responsible for in the legal sector”, Gary draws comparisons on complex forms of strata titling in Australia and overseas.
 
Additionally, Gary delivers a stimulating discussion on the following:

• Strata from a global perspective (e.g. Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building on earth)
• Hallmarks of good structuring of bodies corporate in terms of titling, subdivision, and management;
• How incorrect subdivision can affect strata management;
• Matters to consider when assessing and attributing costs to different purposes and use in commercial, residential and mixed use strata properties;
• Types of facilities to accommodate in strata properties and the role of developers in creating genuine and sustainable strata communities;
• The ingredients to creating a great strata community for occupiers;
• The impacts of correct long-term decision-making and the role that skilled consultants play.

 
Dr. Gary Bugden Contact details:
​Telephone: 07 3905 9260
Email: gary@bugdenlegal.com.au
Web: http://garybugden.com/
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