Resilience Design and Build was founded by Siobhan Pearson, who has been on a mission to create a revolutionary resilient way of building. She saw the devastation in people’s lives and after the bushfires ravaged so much of East Coast Australia in the summer of 2019 and 2020. Then, COVID -19 hit.
To this day, some people are still living in tents and caravans. She was deeply affected by the news of suicides and families broken apart, living in the aftermath of the fires and COVID-19’s lock downs. These once strong and resilient communities in some cases are still having to live in tents and caravans or couch surfing. More than 4,000 homes still need to be rebuilt.
Monies were generously donated to the Bushfire Appeals by the public to help these people rebuild their lives, however, the process is slow. Building and planning regulations were tightened for rebuilding on bushfire affected land. Lack of insurance and availability of local builders have meant many years of delay in rebuilding.
Coupled with Covid-19 lock downs and shortage of building materials and trades, cost and timelines to rebuild have escalated.
After the bushfires and pandemic, floods arrived in northern NSW and Southeast Qld, especially Lismore. More than 1,000 homes were lost or severely damaged. Once again shortages in both the supply chain of materials and labour has wreaked havoc on these communities.
Australians are a resilient bunch….
There must be a better way.
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