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    BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE & APPROVALS CONSULTANTS (SYDNEY)

    CONFUSED BY THE NCC/BCA PLANNING & BUILDING APPROVALS PROCESS? WE CUT THROUGH COUNCIL'S AND CERTIFIER'S RED TAPE

    Residential

    Commerical

    Industrial

    Strata

    Industry Professional

    COUNCIL FIRE ORDER MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS (SYDNEY)

    HAVE YOU BEEN SERVED WITH A COUNCIL FIRE ORDER? WE CAN HELP YOU OVERCOME & COMPLY

    All Fire Orders

    Fire Notices & Corrective action letters

    Residential & Strata

    Commerical & Industrial

Wattnext, Expediting Your Building & Development Certification and Approvals

Building Code & Fire Safety
Management Consultancy (Sydney)

INDEPENDENT APPROVALS
Management & ADVISOR

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FAST TRACK YOUR
APPROVALS + APPLICATIONS

Making a complicated process manageable

Our unique construction project management & building surveying background (as former private and Council building certifiers) enables us to focus on making the complex BCA building approvals and development process a seamless one for our customers.

We believe that “once you understand the steps in the process and know what each party needs, you can proceed with confidence and ease”

council Fire Order Management

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FIRE Upgrade Management

We manage fire order compliance from end to end, handling all liaison with council, management throughout the project, and then closeout.

  • Overseeing the entire fire order design, construction and compliance process
  • Managing the fire works design process
  • Fire related tender and quoting process (including vetting subcontractors, builders, consultants)
  • Building contract execution management (before work starts)
  • Construction management during upgrade building works
  • Management of final inspection and certification with council

We manage fire order compliance for a diverse range of clients including residential, strata, commercial and industrial clients.

Stuck?

Daunted?

Too Busy?

eXPERIENCING Delays?

WHY CHOOSE WATT NEXT?

BCA Industry Experience

25+ years experience within council, building certification and project & development management.

We Speak Your Language

Our experience enables us to act as an interpreter / negotiator between all parties. We understand the needs of every side of the fence.

Simplicity and Ease

We focus on making the complex building approvals and development proposal a seamless one for our customers.

Putting you back on track

If you’re experiencing difficulties anywhere along the process, we can help you get the project back on track.

Save time & money

As we all know, mistakes, confusion, and delays can be costly and create delays to the program. We can help avoid these by foreseeing risks and acting proactively, rather than reactively.

Multiple Sectors

We work across multiple sectors from residential, mixed uses, commercial, retail, aged care, hospitality and many more. Our experience incorporates working on any project, large to small.

Compliance & Approvals Guidance

We can guide you through the process at different milestones or manage it partially or completely on your behalf. We adapt our services to your needs and budget.

Fire Order Management

We manage fire order compliance for clients in a diverse range of industry segments. We can help if your local council has served your building with a corrective action letter or notice, or a fire order.

Performance solutions Management

Many building code non-compliances can be addressed via the performance solution route. We thoroughly understand this process, that can often allow for valuable cost and time savings
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David Watt

- Founder / Director
After 25+ years of witnessing various project stakeholders’ struggle through the development and building approvals maze caused by the lack of understanding of the complex process, motivated David to open his own business and pioneer a new service offering, the first of its kind in Australia.
 
Since opening, Watt Next Management has successfully offered a distinctive range of consulting services across Australia, specialising in managing and expediting the Building, Development and Strata Certification processes.
 
David’s success lies within his unique forte to foresee risks and resolve issues in the application process across all asset classes due to his background as a former council / private Building Certifier (A1 unrestricted level) and Project / Development Manager for Australia’s largest residential high rise builder / developer (Meriton Apartments).
 
His project management experience includes the entire development cycle (design management, procurement, approvals, contract administration, delivery and handover) of large scale multi-unit high rise residential / serviced apartments up to $250 million.
 
In addition he has acted as an in-house Building Code of Australia specialist at Meriton Apartments and project managed upgrades and refurbishments of large commercial buildings on behalf of Blue Chip clients. 

For 7 years he also shared his knowledge and passion for the industry with the next generation, as a lecturer for High Rise Construction at the University of Technology, Sydney.

LOST time

LOST Money

Watt Next, Management consultants for BCS/NCC Compliance and Fire Safety (Sydney)

Watt NEXT offerS...

Development & Building Approvals Management

We can expedite the Building and Development Certification / Approvals application process for you. This includes:

  • Development Approvals (DA)
  • Construction Certificates (CC)
  • Complying Development Certificates (CDC)
  • Occupation Certificates (OC)
  • Building Information Certificates (BIC)
  • Strata Certificates (SC)
  • Subdivision Works Certificates (SWC)

Council Regulatory & Compliance Management

We specialise in analysing, advising and managing projects to overcome complex issues and achieve compliance. This include works related to:

  • Annual Fire Safety Statements (AFSS)
  • Unauthorised building works
  • Building without permission
  • Council notices and orders
  • Retrospective Council DA & BIC
  • Council issued Corrective Action Letters (CAL)

Fire Order Management

We manage fire order upgrade and compliance projects, that include the following phases:

  • Oversee specialised contractors to carry out fire safety audits
  • Identifying fire safety measure compliance gaps, leading to scope of works
  • Fire Safety Engineering and Strategy
  • Manage the design process  and liaise with council 
  • Preparation and evaluation of quotes or tenders,  and selection of contractors
  • Preparation of building contracts and overseeing execution
  • End to end contract management
  • End to end construction project management
  • Prepare final documentation for council final inspection and close out

What Our Clients Are Saying

James, Residential Flat Building Owner, Bondi Beach / Waverley Council

Finding the optimal path to comply with council fire order (Waverley Council) quickly and for much less the was originally feared.

MELISSA CHAPMAN, BRONTE PHYSIO

Obtaining Occupation Certificate (OC) for commercial premises requiring a change of use DA (with no required building works).
www.brontephysio.com.au

PATRICK THOMSON, SORTED PROJECTS
(Builder, Building Practitioner)

Residential Strata Apartment Block (Class 2 building) - NSW Planning Portal issues & obtained modified Complying Development Certificate & Occupation Certificate (CDC & OC).
www.sortedprojects.com.au

SERENA AGIUS, AGIUS DESIGN & INTERIORS
(Architect Reg NSW 5361, Registered Architectural Design Practitioner DEP 0004319)

Alterations to a Residential Unit (Class 2), Strata complex: NSW Planning Portal Issues & seeking Occupation Certificate (OC).
www.acolourid.com.au

RONNIE ELIAS, STRATA COMMITTEE MEMBER & OWNER

Problems with Council Annual Fire Safety (AFSS) & Fire Engineering leading to CDC approval and subsequent building works

MARK, CAFE OWNER 

Unauthorised building works after  obtaining a DA. Subsequent BIC (Building Information Certificate application to council) for retrospective permission.

RAYMOND, BUILDING OWNER

Council (Fire Order) matter with a commercial building

TEA, HOME OWNER

Residential duplex (Class 2 building) - Obtaining modified DA (S4.55)

I highly recommend David Watt from Watt Next Management who we employed to oversee and manage the Fire Order on our residential building of nine units in Kensington, NSW. David's expertise saved us tens of thousands of dollars as he was able to get the right specialists to propose cost saving solutions unique to our building, in response to the Council's requirements. David followed up on tradespeople and ensured their work was compliant. David also protected us from companies that did not offer insurance to cover their works, so our building will be protected in the future should any issues arise. I would recommend David's services without hesitation, as he ensured this long term project spanning three years stayed on track, and the costs were evenly distributed over those years so we could afford it without financial stress.

- Nicole Doria, Unit owner

READY TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE with real answers about council Planning and Building approvals, and Fire orders?

Let’s get your project moving forward.

Get in touch with David for more information.

1300 928 863
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