CONFUSED BY THE PLANNING & BUILDING APPROVALS PROCESS?
WE CUT THROUGH COUNCIL'S AND CERTIFIER'S RED TAPE
Residential
Commerical
Industrial
Strata
Industry Professional
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
INDEPENDENT CERTIFICATION + APPROVALS ADVISOR
HELPING FAST TRACK YOUR APPROVALS + APPLICATIONS PROCESS
Making a Complicated Process Manageable
Are you a home owner, business owner or investor on a mission to renovate, extend, subdivide, or build brand new?
Just want to start building? Get the right approvals in your back pocket by giving us a call today.
Our unique construction project management & building surveying background (as former private and Council building certifiers) enables us to focus on making the complex 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”
Fire Order & Notice Management
FIRE compliance & upgrade works
We manage fire order compliance for you, 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?
Industry Experience
20+ 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.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 process
Many building code non-compliances can be addressed via the alternative solution route. We thoroughly understand the process that can often allow for valuable cost and time savings
David Watt
- Founder / DirectorAfter 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. He also currently shares his knowledge and passion for the industry with the next generation in his capacity as a lecturer for High Rise Construction at the University of Technology, Sydney.
WHat we offer
Development and Building Approvals Management
We can expedite the Building and Development Certification / Approvals application process for you. This includes Construction Certificates / Complying Development Certificates / Development Approvals / Occupation Certificates / Building Certificates / Strata Certificates / Subdivision Works CertificatesCouncil Regulatory and Compliance Management
We specialise in salvaging and managing unauthorised building work, building without permission, council notices and orders.Fire Order Management
We manage fire order compliance for clients in a diverse range of industry segments.What Our Clients Are Saying
RONNIE ELIAS, STRATA COMMITTEE MEMBER & OWNER
Problems with Council Annual Fire Safety (AFSS) & Fire Engineering leading to CDC approval and subsequent building worksMARK, 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 buildingTEA, HOME OWNER
Residential duplex (Class 2 building) - Obtaining modified DA (S4.55)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.