Remedial Planning Tool NSW
Use SCE Corp’s remedial planning tool to assess whether your issue is more likely make-safe urgent, structural engineer review, remedial contractor engagement, investigation first or compliance-sensitive.
This page covers both building remedial planning tool scenarios and civil remedial planning tool scenarios. It is for early triage only and does not replace inspection, engineering, consultant advice, authority review or formal scope confirmation.
What This Remedial Planning Tool Covers
This tool helps owners, strata managers, facilities teams, councils, insurers and project stakeholders identify the likely next step before committing to the wrong remedial pathway.
- Building remedial and civil / external / infrastructure remedial branching
- Leaks, waterproofing, roofing and façade issues
- Cracking, movement, spalling, corrosion and drainage issues
- Pavement, access, retaining, stormwater and external defect issues
- Safety, make-safe urgency and authority / compliance sensitivity
How to Use the Output Properly
This remedial planning tool provides rough next-step guidance only. It is not a defect diagnosis tool and should not be treated as engineering, legal, certification or authority advice.
How This Remedial Planning Tool Works
This remedial planning tool separates urgent make-safe matters from issues that are more likely to need structural engineer review, design confirmation, investigation, consultant input, remedial scope development or direct contractor engagement.
Remedial Planning Outcome Rules
- If the issue is dangerous or the extent of damage is significant and not yet controlled: urgently arrange make-safe works. SCE can assist.
- If make-safe works have already been completed and design is not yet finalised: structural engineer or consultant review is often the next step. SCE can assist.
- If remedial design has already been prepared and urgent risk is controlled: engage a remedial contractor. SCE can assist.
Remedial Planning Checker
This is early triage only. The right next step can change after inspection, opening-up, engineering review, compliance review or scope confirmation.
Likely investigation first
Complete the checker and calculate the likely remedial pathway, next steps and key triggers.
- Complete the remedial checker
- Review the likely path and triggers
- Contact SCE if project-specific guidance is required
- Urgency / safety
- Extent and severity
- Structural, compliance and access considerations
Common Remedial Planning Triggers
Urgent risk, active ingress, falling hazards, service failure, structural concern, authority sensitivity and public exposure can all push a matter toward make-safe or consultant-led review. Localised, well-understood issues with clear scope may be closer to quote-ready, while recurring or widespread issues often justify investigation first.
- Make-safe urgency can override ordinary planning sequencing.
- Recurring leaks, cracking or façade issues often need root-cause investigation before remedial scope pricing.
- Compliance-sensitive issues can require more structured next steps than a standard repair request.
- Building remedial and civil remedial issues often require different sequencing even where they appear related.
Related SCE Remedial Pages
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Is this remedial planning tool a defect diagnosis tool?
No. It is a triage and next-step planning tool only. It does not replace inspection, engineering, consultant review or formal scope confirmation.
2. When should make-safe works be arranged?
If the issue is dangerous, significant or not yet controlled, urgent make-safe works may be the first step. SCE can assist with make-safe and remedial coordination.
3. What should happen after make-safe works are completed?
If make-safe works have already been completed and the design is not finalised, structural engineer or consultant review is often the next step.
4. What should happen if the remedial design is already prepared?
If the remedial design has already been prepared and urgent risk is controlled, engaging a remedial contractor is often the next step.
5. When is investigation first more likely?
Investigation first is often the right path where the cause is unclear, the issue is recurring, the extent is uncertain or multiple systems may be involved.
6. Does this page cover both building and civil remedial issues?
Yes. The tool starts by separating building remedial from civil / external / infrastructure remedial so the likely path can be framed more appropriately.
7. When should I contact SCE?
Contact SCE when you need project-specific triage, make-safe response, investigation planning, consultant coordination, remedial scope development or formal pricing.