Residents 3000 are pleased to invite you to our ninth Forum 3000 of the year, which will be held at the Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place (off Russell Street) on Thursday, 7 November 2024, from 6:00pm.
We are pleased to welcome guest speakers: Rick Deering from Fawkner May, John Dall’Amico from CBD Facility Management, and some of their expert colleagues; who will present on Owners Corporations and Building & Facilities Management for residential apartment buildings in the CBD.
As most postcode 3000 residents live in apartments, this is sure to be an interesting and informative session, and will include plenty of time for questions and interaction with our guest speakers.
The details of the event are:
Thursday, 7 November 2023
6:00pm for 6:30pm start
Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place (off Russell Street), Melbourne 3000
Registration opens from 6:00pm; and guest presentations start at 6:30pm sharp.
Drinks are available from The Kelvin Club bar; with finger food served afterwards.
The event is free for our current members. Non-members or non-renewing members will be asked to contribute $5 towards event costs. New memberships and renewals are welcome at $10 per person pro rata for the remainder of this calendar year, and due for full annual renewal from 1 January next year.
Our guest speakers:
John Dall’Amico (principal of CBD Facility Management) provided a comprehensive overview and some interesting information of his team’s thorough and progressive staged process of the first 100 days of taking over the provision of building and facility management for a building in order to uncover, rectify, and manage building compliance, safety, and security issues, amongst many other requirements to capably maintain an apartment building. John was accompanied by members of his competent team.
Rick Deering (owner and director of Fawkner May) spoke about his experiences as owners corporation manager, especially when first taking over the owners corporation management of a building, quite often in a distressed state when more attention is needed to bring the owners corporation into compliance.
Anton Block (Principal Lawyer at KCL Law) provided information on new laws in relation to contract terms and information on terminating owners corporation managers, and the state of VCAT hearing procedures and delays since the pandemic.