Our Services
At HONTAS HATZI & CO our balanced pro-active approach focuses on achieving practical outcomes and providing cost-effective solutions that benefit not only our clients, but the whole community.
Building Code Consultancy
We offer expert advice and consultancy services catering to specific project and design team needs across all types of buildings. Our pragmatic approach focuses on facilitating the building approvals process, helping our clients and their projects satisfy all relevant regulatory requirements. Our assessments cover all phases of the design process from Concept, Pre-Development Approval right through to detailed design and Construction Certificate stage. Depending on the size and complexity of your project, we’re able to tailor our assessments to include simple mark-ups of plans and/or detailed reports identifying matters requiring resolution and outlining options to achieve compliance. Through early intervention, our aim is to ensure your project is designed correctly from the outset to avoid costly redesign later.
Accessibility Consultancy
Focused on achieving accessibility in the built environment for all, our team are members of the Association of Consultants in Access Australia Inc and hold nationally recognised qualifications. Our aim is to provide equitable and dignified access to every member of the public whilst delivering practical and cost-effective solutions for our clients. Our team offers a comprehensive range of consultancy services and advice for all aspects as they apply under relevant accessibility legislation such as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, the Disability (Access to Premises – Buildings) Standards 2010 and the National Construction Code. The extent of our assessments covers all phases of the design process, and just like our building code consultancy services, we’re able to tailor accessibility assessments to include simple mark-ups of plans and/or detailed reports identifying matters requiring resolution and outlining options to achieve compliance.
Performance Solutions
When a prescriptive “deemed-to-Satisfy” approach cannot be achieved, our highly motivated and client focused consultants work closely with the project team to develop and implement cost-effective and workable alternative performance-based solutions. Our solutions are based on a value engineering approach that provide flexibility to ensure the best possible design outcome is achieved from a building code and accessibility perspective.
Site Auditing
We provide site audit and inspection services across all building types, existing and new. These services may be provided at any stage and focus on documenting assessments against current code and legislative requirements as they apply to BCA and/or Accessibility compliance matters. Our assessments help architects, builders, project managers and developers achieve compliance from pre-development through to construction (incl. during construction) and up to occupation stage. With an extensive wealth of experience, we’re also able to carry out due diligence compliance audits and prepare upgrade strategies for existing buildings identifying carefully considered and innovative solutions that maintain the overall integrity of the building.
Site Inspections & Statements of Compliance
Our team can undertake periodic inspections for any type of building under construction and provide detailed progress reports to architects, builders, project managers, developers and building owners. We work closely with the project’s construction team to identify compliance defects and focus on minimising the potential risk for any last-minute issues that could cause delay of handover or obtaining the relevant occupation approval. Our consultancy services also include providing expert advice during construction, responding to general compliance queries and issuing a Statement of Compliance verifying the works have been completed to the relevant code requirements.