There will undoubtedly be an inquiry and findings in relation to
the cause of the Miami building collapse – which has cost
lives, caused injury, and left survivors in the street without a
home.
Let's consider for a moment who would be responsible for
avoiding a similar situation here.
Inevitably there will be a debate about cause. The question of
defective building design and construction has been the subject of
much separate commentary in Australia over the last couple of years
and so we won't repeat that now.
Let's assume however that there was cracking and that there
were obvious concerns, and work out where the responsibility would
fall if a similar situation was to occur here, where most
residential buildings are owned and managed by a strata Owners
Corporation.
