As a busy property manager or property owner, you do all the right things to comply with Victorian Building Regulations; your Essential Safety Measures assets are serviced regularly and on schedule, your log books are complete, your records intact.

But there seems to be a growing need emerging in the Essential Safety Measures industry for an additional layer of surety. A check for compliant compliance. And it's keeping our phones ringing and our inboxes singing right now.

This is especially important for tenanted buildings. Our qualified and experienced auditors are able to have those difficult conversations with tenants, and remove both risk and potential confrontation over compliance issues. Especially when a "discount" service is being provided, or safety measures compromised.

Can we help you keep your compliance compliant?Email us today for a chat about how we make your safety our business.

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In many ways, the building industry seems to be one of the last to embrace technology and remove reliance on hard copies, records in triplicate and mountains of loose data that then needs to be entered into spreadsheets, chased up when lost, filed, archived, stored.

That's a lot of extra resource. A lot of double, triple, quadruple handling. A lot of time taken away from the business of business. And as we know, time is money!

The ESM Compliance team have been hard at work researching ways to ease the burden for our valued clients. We'll be launching on online compliance portal in the very near future, giving you real time access to your schedules and reports. No time-consuming data entry required.

Sound good?

Email us today to chat about ways we can make your safety our business.

The much anticipated updates to the Victorian Building Regulations 2006 have been placed on hold pending the outcome of a VBA review that could bring about significant changes to the Essential Safety Measures space in this state.

ESM Compliance will be watching this with great interest to ensure our staff are at the forefront of industry changes to continue to deliver quality Essential Safety Measures audits and compliance services to their rapidly expanding client base.

Full details of the VBA release are below;

Building Regulations

On Tuesday 16 February 2016, the Governor made the Subordinate Legislation (Building Regulations 2006) Extension Regulations 2016, which extends the operation of the Building Regulations 2006 until 5 June 2017.

The Government has commenced a program of reforms to the building system, including amendments to the Building Act 1993, to put in place a strengthened regulatory framework to improve domestic building consumer protection. The extension of these regulations will enable the replacement regulations to be aligned with the implementation of legislative reform.

Building Regulations Extension 2016

The Building Regulations 2006 (The Regulations) are derived from the Act and contain, among other things, the requirements relating to:

building permitsbuilding inspectionsoccupancy permitsenforcement of the Regulationsmaintenance of buildings.

The Regulations adopt the Building Code of Australia as a technical reference that must be complied with.

New regulations or amendments to current regulations can be made according to the requirements of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994. That Act sets out requirements for the preparation, making and publication of new or amending regulations and requirements for a regulatory impact statement.

If you would like to propose an amendment to the Building Regulations 2006, submissions should be made by completing the Proposed Amendment Submission.

It still surprises us how often we see fire exit doors blocked by stock, fixtures and all kinds of obstructions.

The scary thing is, most building owners don't know what their tenants get up to behind closed doors. Technically its the responsibility of a building occupier to ensure that their is a safe path of travel from anywhere in a building to a fire exit door. But as a building owner, how would you feel, knowing that staff or customers had been placed at risk by obstructions to designated exits?

By engaging independent Essential Safety Measures compliance experts, you can put your mind at ease, knowing that the safety of all who enter your building isn't compromised. Don't leave Paths of travel inspections to chance. Call us today to talk to our team about how we can help.

Are you placing your financial future at risk with non-compliant Essential Safety Measures?

Every year those insurance renewals roll around, and although we might complain a little that the premium has increased - again - we pay it anyway, because we know how important it is to protect our asset, or business and our financial future. Right?

What you may not be aware of, is that if your building does suffer fire damage, your claim could well be denied.

Before paying out on a claim, most insurers will undertake an investigation of the incident. Often they find that the building's Essential Safety Measures are inadequate, not fit for purpose, or not in an operational state. As a result, your claim can be substantially reduced or rejected altogether.

Having a compliant building, including Annual Essential Safety Measures reports & certification sign-off, records of regularly scheduled Essential Safety Measures equipment maintenance, and professionally prepared Path of travel reports will give you a level of comfort that if the worst does happen, your financial future is protected.

At ESM Compliance, we protect your safety in more ways that one. Give us a call to discuss how we can help you become compliant and stay compliant.

Are you a property owner in the City of Greater Dandenong and you've received a Building Infringement Notice (BIN)?

Keeping our ear to the ground, we've heard that this particular region of Melbourne is being targeted for Essential Safety Measure non-compliance. Before you throw it in the BIN, you may want to call our safety experts at ESM Compliance. We can help you sort your issues in the most cost-effective, logical way.

It's likely you have questions and you're not sure who to turn to for answers. We're independent auditors and advisors, so a quick call to ESM Compliance, will give you the advice you need to get on with doing business. We can plan your remediation works and organise trades to ensure you comply with Victorian Building Regulations.

Call our friendly team today on 9769 7464, or email info@esmcompliance.com.au