Tradesmen work on Opal Tower in Olympic Park which was evacuated in December.

Tradesmen work on Opal Tower in Olympic Park which was evacuated in December.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer

"If the industry and community can benefit from a more robust process of quality control as a result of this incident,then it has not been for nothing".

The NSW government says it supports the direction of the report's but has not confirmed whether it would act on them all.

Earlier this month,the state government said a “building commissioner” would be responsible for auditing people who work in the industry,as part of its long-awaited response to a major review of regulation of the building and construction sector.

Many of the tower's residents remain in temporary accommodation. The residents from 392 apartments were evacuated,with 171 units later deemed safe to live in by engineering services company Cardno.

However,a spokeswoman for building company Icon said only 133 units had been re-occupied.

Bryan Tan and his family have lived in hotels and serviced apartments since they were evacuated from the building two months ago.

"To be honest,it's been a bit frustrating living somewhere that's smaller than our apartment,but it could be a lot worse,"Mr Tan said."It is what it is."

Mr Tan said he'd been told he would be able to move back into his apartment four to six weeks after permission had been granted for remediation works to go ahead. Others had been told they could have to wait two to three months,he said.

"I think,like a lot of people,we're just homesick so we're looking forward to going back,"he said."It's a really great apartment,if only this hadn't happened."

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