Get Clarity Before It Becomes Expensive

Christine Po is an independent, Firecode™ registered advisor. Here to give you confidence in choosing what's right for you when there are no 'wrong' options to choose from. Specialising in containment systems, Christine can ensure you are taking the right approach to avoid unnecessary costs, delays, or additional works with your project.

Based in Wollongong, servicing Sydney and surrounding regions.
Select engagements undertaken in Newcastle, Canberra, and interstate.

Clear Direction, Confident Decisions

The focus is on working through the options, confirming the right approach, and clearly defining what’s actually required—so decisions can be made with confidence and outcomes align with compliance.

Decision Support

Confirm the right approach before committing to works. Independent review establishes a clear, technically grounded position where options differ or advice conflicts.

Defect & Scope Clarity

Understand what actually needs to be fixed—and what doesn’t. Identify genuine defects, eliminate unnecessary works, and define scope accurately before costs escalate.

Pre-Compliance Review

Resolve issues before they impact certification. Early assessment aligns works with certifier expectations, reducing delays and failed inspections.

Technical Reporting

Clear, structured documentation you can rely on. Reports provide a defensible basis for decision-making across owners, contractors, and certifiers.

Real Advice, Real Outcomes.

Testimonials are shared anonymously to protect client confidentiality, particularly where independent advice was sought in sensitive or commercial circumstances.

Previously engaged on a regional fire services contract to set up detailed fire seal registers and a consistent delivery process. After stepping away, others were brought in but weren’t able to maintain the same level of detail or consistency. The client later requested re-engagement to bring things back to standard.

Specialist Fire Safety Services Contract

Asked to review a warehouse after maintenance costs escalated, with the client considering changing service providers. Review identified that switching providers would mean starting from scratch—re-identifying and rectifying all existing defects, with significant cost implications. That clarity allowed the client to make the call early and avoid unnecessary spend of over $500,000.

Sydney Warehouse Wants To Change Fire Service Provider

Identified while reviewing works relating to plasterboard wall systems used as bounding walls in multi-residential buildings. It became clear the wall system did not permit service penetrations under its tested configuration, despite the fire-stopping manufacturer having tested systems available for installation. Further review identified the conflict between systems and enabled the issue to be escalated appropriately, including engagement with the manufacturer to address the inconsistency.

When Tested Systems Fail in Practice

You already know what’s left—you just need confidence in choosing what’s right.

When multiple options look right, the wrong decision is often the most expensive. Get independent validation before committing to works.

Don’t wait until it becomes expensive—get clarity now.