Webinar: Managing Building Compliance through COVID-19 and Beyond

Presented by Brad Paroz, David Hauser, and Dr Chong Chee Goh

What’s covered?

Given the dynamic and varied nature of COVID-19 restrictions currently in place, or being eased, across most states and territories, businesses have no clear visibility of when the current crisis and period of disruption will come to a finite end. In addition, altered models of operation, and infection control requirements, which have been embedded over the course of the pandemic are becoming ‘the new normal’, requiring businesses to review and adapt their systems, asset management frameworks and processes.

It is therefore incumbent upon the business sector to provide a platform for success, protect the value of their assets and remain compliant with their duties and obligations under the Australian health and safety framework, including the concept of having COVIDSafe Assurance for business operations, facilities and practices.

Managing Building Compliance through COVID 19 and Beyond. To be relevant and informative in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant dynamic regulatory environment, this webinar is in the format of a facilitated discussion with an expert panel from Greencap’s Property Risk Audit (PRA) team, including Brad Paroz (Practice Manager), Chong Chee Goh (Principal Consultant) and David Hauser (Team Manager).

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About Presenter

About Brad Paroz

Brad has professional qualifications in chemical engineering and fire safety engineering and has been involved in the field of structural fire safety for over 20 years. Brad, who is the Greencap Practice Manager PRA, joined Greencap in 2007 following 7 years in fire research and testing with the CSIRO, and has since then undertaken numerous fire safety/building code and WHS/public liability audits on commercial, retail, residential and industrial properties, as well as managing the delivery of geographically-diverse property risk audit programs covering multiple regulatory jurisdictions.

Brad is a NSW-accredited Fire Safety Engineer and Competent Fire Safety Practitioner under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000.

About David Hauser

David is a Team Manager, PRA at Greencap and has a broad knowledge of property risk and compliance, work, health and safety legislation and risk management services with over 16 years’ experience implementing health, safety, wellbeing and manual handling programs across Australia. David has worked with clients across numerous public and private industry sectors including utilities, construction, rail, energy, property management, warehousing, laboratory, transport and executive teams.

David has key experience in the development and implementation of safety management systems, health and safety assessments and program implementation to reduce risk for his clients. He has extensive skills in property risk and compliance, Work Health Safety Management Systems (WHSMS), construction risk, contractor management, safety inspections and training.

About Chong Chee Goh

As a Principal Consultant at Greencap, Chong Chee specialises in Fire, Risk Engineering & Compliance. He has been with Greencap for 17 years and had previously worked with BHP Steel, BHP Research and Centre of Environmental Safety and Risk Engineering (CESARE) of the Victorian University. He has over 35 years of experience in industries including construction solutions and safety, fire engineering analysis, risk analysis and assessment, performance-based fire-safety engineering design, peer review of fire engineering design, product development and application of steel, concrete and composite materials in the building industry.

Chong Chee has conducted building fire safety/risk audits and compliance, ESM audits and full function fire tests for properties such as shopping centres, commercial, industrial and residential apartment buildings for asset owners and property/facilities managers. He has also conducted a vulnerability study of major infrastructure buildings subject to fire, including documenting and implementing Business Continuity Plan and Crisis Management for major shopping centre overseas.

Key Links

• Guide to Building Compliance Through COVID-19 & Beyond