About the August 2023 edition
The August 2023 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine covers insurance risk, building technology, and by-law governance in Queensland body corporate schemes. Key topics include underinsurance dangers, collective claims history impacts on premiums, pool technician water-borne illness liability, and EV demand management control. The edition also addresses caretaker gardening hour conditions, bicycle riding by-law reasonableness, garage door repair responsibility, exclusive use area painting obligations, and the risks of sharing owner details without permission.
- The transfer of correspondence when changing strata managers – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Building Innovation – technology helping owners better manage their buildings – Edwina Feilen, Sedgwick
- Owners are part of the collective claims history for the complex – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Demand management control and EV charging – Allan Parker, Altogether Group
- Voting requirements for a new parking by-law – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Is it reasonable to have a by-law restricting children from riding bicycles? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Dangers of underinsuring a strata building – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Responsibility of pool technicians and the body corporate for transmission of water born illnesses – Dakota Panetta, Solutions in Engineering
- Can the committee share owner's details without permission? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Can the body corporate change the colour scheme of the building? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Can we ask caretakers to garden during the day instead of late afternoon? – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
- Does the requirement to maintain an exclusive use area include painting? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Who is responsible for repairs to the garage door? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- No river view for me! – Michael Kleinschmidt, Bugden Allen Graham Lawyers
- Instant answers and the productivity paradox – Strata Community Association (QLD)
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