Any one of us in the room could go and build a high rise, developer Neil Sunners tells a conference in Darwin amid calls for stricter regulations and better standards.
A prominent Darwin developer says there needs to be better standards and stricter regulations for high-rise buildings in the Territory.A building conference in Darwin has heard from professionals in several industries about recent issues
Developer Neil Sunners says you do not need a building licence for anything over three storeys, and"that's just wrong"A conference for the building and construction industry was held in Darwin on Friday, with panellists representing the legal, building, development, insurance and public sectors.Neil Sunners, the director of developer Sunbuild, told the conference professionals should not cut corners on structural costs.
"Yes there are code issues I believe, that there definitely could be, standards could be lifted, for sure, but I think also you don't have to follow them [codes] as I said, they're a minimum," he said. "As you all know, that's got consequences, we've all got to dig a bit deeper guys in our pockets to actually pay for that quality and longevity, but now we can start to understand why it is more important to spend a little more money on getting the building right in the first place."
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