#20885
Whale
Flatchatter

    Jeff.f – Our plan is entirely self-managed so I don’t have any experience in dealing with Building Managers’ activities, but I do know that there’s a great deal of liaison necessary between them and Strata Managers in order for the “system” to work. But didn’t Jimmy T address your question in his post #10 where he said that you could give your Strata Manager delegated powers to approve work proposed by the Building Manager?

    If your Executive Committee wants to avoid too much day-to-day involvement but still wants some degree of control (I would), then it may consider Period Orders. That is, issued to the Building Manager and covering generic activities such as “cleaning”, “garden maintenance”, and “common lighting repairs” for a defined period of say 6 months to begin with, and with an upper-limiting fee based upon your Plan’s approved budgets for those items and the Building Manager’s anticipated fees (sub-contracted or otherwise).

    The Strata Manager could be similarly instructed to approve all resultant invoices from the Building Manager during the currency of the Period Orders and within their terms; both scope and financial.

    If everything works well, then the term of all or some of the Period Orders could be extended.