The multi-storey Vue Mer Residences development in Gosford has stalled, with the NSW Building Commission issuing an official order.
The stop work order came after inspections at the site by authorised officers of the Building Commission.
The stop work order is publicly available at the Fair Trading website.
Merilyn Vale
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So in the apparent rush to satisfy Developers’ interests over those of the community – height and floor space ratio concessions for example – the Planning Panel seems to have granted DAs for what have turned out to be substandard multi-storey buildings, approved by private certifiers who were not appropriately licensed; buildings which have serious structural, mechanical and fire safety defects – identified well into their construction and unfortunately, in at least one already completed and occupied tower; non-compliance with primary documentation on which approvals were granted but that were only identified after construction had already commenced – and in the Holden St site, after significant commencement.
The Building Commissioner’s reports on the huge “Vue Mer” Henry Parry Drive construction, the nine storey Holden St building and the Mulkarra Ave apartment block, outline extraordinary failures in building approval, construction, safety and integrity, and make alarming reading as well as raise serious questions about out the integrity of the approvals process.
Add the now halted construction on the St Hilliers Mann St, the Donnison West St and the Cape St South sites, and the mess is there for all to see.
Great outcomes for the Gosford built environment, wouldn’t you say?