The Northern Territory's construction watchdog has found Darwin building company Kassiou Constructions engaged in professional misconduct. The findings follow an audit of Kassiou Constructions's conduct across five home builds between 2021 and 2023. A Darwin construction company has been found to have engaged in professional misconduct and hit with a record fine after admitting to invoicing clients for incomplete work over at least 15 years.
The NT's Building Practitioners Board of Inquiry has ordered Kassiou Constructions to pay a fine of $94,200, following an audit by the Director of Building Control into its conduct across five home builds in Greater Darwin between 2021 and 2023. The company, owned by Louis and Ilias Kassiou, was referred to the board of inquiry in February by NT Director of Building Control, Mark Meldrum. According to the decision of the board published earlier this month, the audit found that during four of the builds, Kassiou Constructions had invoiced clients for completion of the frame stage of construction when the required works had not yet been completed.'Kassiou failed to complete the building works in accordance with the due date of their contracts and caused significant financial loss to the owners,' the board of inquiry said. The audit found Kassiou Constructions invoiced clients for the frame stage of builds, before the required work was completed. According to the board, the audit also found that during another of the builds, Kassiou Constructions undertook works which were not in accordance with its building permit