No evacuation planned for crumbling blocks
There will be no Mascot or Opal towers style evacuations but four blocks comprising 900 new apartments in Sydney’s Macquarie Park are at risk of eventually collapsing due to “serious…
concrete cancer
Forum: Greatest visitor parking swindle ever
This week’s lead story isn’t really from the Forum but it’s definitely one for the Forum. It’s all about how an opportunist with an eye for a cash grab can…
Denial and delay won’t cure concrete cancer
Ignoring the health of your building isn’t bizarre behaviour, says one of Australia’s leading experts on concrete cancer. In fact it’s totally in line with the way we view our…