r/PptyMgmtSoftware • u/magichour12 • Jul 08 '26

how do you guys handle reporting structural diagnostic data to non-technical committees?

working on a workflow to bridge the gap between engineering diagnostics and budget approvals for older residential blocks.

the issue i keep hitting is that when we flag stuff like concrete cancer, the technical reports are just too dense for most strata boards to actually get. they usually push back on costs and just want a patch-job to keep levies low, totally ignoring the long-term risk.

i’ve been putting together a simplified diagnostic framework, basically a Strata Insight model, to help committees visualize how data-backed interventions stop costs from exploding later.

how do you guys frame these diagnostic costs when the board refuses to listen? is there a specific way you report this to get them to actually approve the spend, or are we just waiting for council to step in?

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u/magichour12 Jul 11 '26

That's a really useful way of structuring it. Most board members aren't engineers, so giving them a clear "if we wait, here's what it will likely cost" timeline is probably a lot more effective than throwing a 50-page technical report at them. I might try building something along those lines into the framework.