RICS has been approved by the New South Wales Government to run a Strata Inspection Panel (The Panel) under the requirements of the NSW Strata Building Bond and Inspection Scheme (The Scheme)
Under the Strata building bond & inspections scheme (SBBIS), developers of new strata buildings 4 storeys or higher must pay a building bond to NSW Fair Trading equal to two percent of the total price paid or payable of all contracts for the building. This building bond may be used to fix defects identified during the SBBIS building inspections. If not needed, the bond is returned to the developer.
Chartered Surveyors qualified in Building Surveying* or equivalent professionals who have been assessed and approved to be on the RICS Panel are eligible to undertake the role of a Building Inspector under the Scheme. (* RICS Chartered Building Surveyors are not to be confused with building certifiers/building control surveyors. The experience and competences required of RICS Chartered Building Surveyors is broader and encompasses post occupancy building inspection and pathology, defects identification and technical due diligence, in addition to design, contract and project management of construction.)
A list of approved RICS Panel Members and their contact details can be found below.
The eligibility and assessment criteria for the RICS Panel can be found here.
The competences which professionals must achieve before qualifying as a Chartered Building Surveyor can be found here: building-surveying-pathway-guide-chartered-rics.pdf
The RICS Standards of Conduct include the RICS Rules of Conduct and a number of mandatory standards that apply to all professional members and RICS-regulated firms. Standards of conduct (rics.org)
The Rules of Conduct under which RICS Members must operate can be found here: Rules of conduct (rics.org)
The RICS regulatory and disciplinary process, which details how complaints against RICS Members are dealt with can be found here: How we regulate (rics.org)
The process for dealing with complaints against RICS can be found here: rics-global-complaints-procedure.pdf
RICS Strata Inspection Panel – Updated 18/3/2022
Building Inspector name |
Building inspector’s Business name (if any) |
ABN/ACN |
Contractor licence number if applicable (not mandatory) |
Contact phone number |
Contact email address (email address for service) |
Strata Inspector Panel |
Email address for service |
Alan Stewart |
MBMpl Pty Ltd |
74 099 962 231 |
RICS001 |
0424 575 325 |
RICS |
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Christopher Barker |
Knight Frank Australia Pty Ltd |
17 004 973 684 |
RICS002 |
0404 203 579 |
RICS |
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Martin Galbraith |
Galbraith Scott Pty Ltd |
83 144 628 937 |
RICS003 |
0406 956 657 |
RICS |
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Andrea Brown |
Knight Frank Australia Pty Ltd |
17 004 973 684 |
RICS004 |
0410 806 370 |
RICS |
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Billy Dawes
|
CDC Property Consultancy Pty Ltd |
35 655 219 480 |
RICS 005 |
0438 669 706 |
RICS |
Nick Hudson
Partnership Development Manager - Australia, RICS
M: +61 (0)403822523