Insights and News
Strata Insurance Valuation vs Market Valuation: What’s the Difference?
Understand the difference between strata insurance valuation and market valuation, including rebuilding costs, insurance coverage and property value in NSW.
Who’s Qualified to Prepare Your Capital Works Fund Plan?
Who can prepare a 10-year capital works fund plan in NSW, whether a quantity surveyor is required, and what the 2026 standard form changed for strata schemes.
What Makes a QS’s Expert Evidence Hold Up in Court?
What makes a quantity surveyor’s expert evidence hold up in court: specialised knowledge, clear assumptions, transparent methodology and independence.
How Is Gross Floor Area (GFA) Measured for a NSW DA?
How GFA is measured for a NSW DA: the 1.4 m rule, what’s included and excluded, how parking, balconies and stairs are treated, and how GFA drives FSR.
Do You Need an EDC Report? NSW Thresholds Explained
EDC threshold NSW explained: who prepares the estimate up to $100k, $100k to $3m and over $3m, when an EDC report is required, and what PS 25-004 covers.
Building Condition Reports for Commercial and Development Sites
What a commercial building condition report in NSW covers, when developers and lenders need one, and how it differs from dilapidation and QS reports.