Northern NSW Flood Damage Assessments – Stage 1

Following the devasting flood event in NSW, the NSW government engaged the Johns Lyng Group (JLG) to manage the flood assessment of various structures throughout Northern and Mid NSW. JLG engaged the services of TEG to undertake structural assessments of various residential, commercial and industrial properties to assess flood damage as part of their Flood Property Assessment Program.

The role required the following:  

• Structural assessment of properties to assess condition and damage of the property.
• Assess what the cause of the damage was.

Provide reports that noted:

• Identified property location, building class, age, construction type.
• The condition and damage and risk assessment to the property.
• Provide remediation advise, including sketches and details as required.
• Provide recommendations to improve resiliency of the property.
• Provide management of flood assessments in the form of a register to track roster assessments and reports.
• Undertake all assessments in a safe manner in accordance with JLG’s Hammertech portal.
• Regularly liaise with all stakeholders.

TEG undertook flood damage assessments and prepared reports in a extensive and detailed format. Provide advise to clients as to classification of damage:

• High risk, Low risk;
• Flood related or Pre-existing;
• Structural or Non-Structural;
• Traffic light indicators and notification of immediate “make safe” requirements;
• Remediation invasiveness classifications.

TEG was regarded as the preferred engineering company to undertake flood assessments. Client used TEG report templates as the master report template to be used by other consultants. TEG remains the last engineering consultant to continue undertaking inspection, which continued up to September 2023.