NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler said the government's plans to improve building quality,a separate legislative reform,would ensure there would be no"lessening of standards"in the sector while it sought to push through development applications during the COVID-19 crisis.
"I see all of this as terribly complementary,"Mr Chandler said.
He added that a planned tool to identify"risky players"would help detect operators,including companies that close down and reopen as another to avoid debts and other liabilities,who would otherwise exploit the economic climate.
"Anybody who’s been involved in phoenixing is going to get very,very early and intense attention,"he said.
The government is moving to fast track significant developments,rezonings and development applications,and make more ministerial approvals,in a bid to stimulate the economy.
Mr Stokes said the government was redirecting resources and fast-tracking the assessment of projects that create jobs and investment.