NSW will use new digital capabilities in data and analytics to track high-risk builders and “get them out of the sector”.

The move comes after the State Insurance Regulatory Authority and Building Commission NSW jointly exposed 13 construction businesses for failing to hold adequate compulsory home builders’ compensation insurance earlier this year.

The 2024-25 state budget will inject $35 million into Building Commission NSW to help ensure quality home builds and renovations, and “weed out more dodgy builders”.

“This investment takes Building Commission NSW to the cutting edge, with boots on the ground and the technology it needs to target resources where they’re needed,” Building Minister Anoulack Chanthivong said.

The funding will help the commission examine building quality and force developers to fix substandard work, join with industry to design training courses that “supercharge” the capability of the construction industry, and digitise compliance certificates to speed verification.

Building Commission NSW was established about six months ago and has issued more than 40 rectification orders on non-compliant apartment buildings and inspected more than 300 free-standing homes. It has cancelled, suspended or disqualified 146 licences across builders, certifiers and design practitioners.

There were 72,422 home building and renovation projects in NSW last year.