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LEGAL NEWS

AIA Hits Back with Cross-Claims in Combustible Cladding Class Action [PDF]
Insurer AIA has taken aim at an architect and builder as it seeks to limit its liability in a class action over alleged combustible cladding installed in two high-rise towers in a Sydney suburb

Crown Melbourne Launches Legal Action Over Flammable Cladding on Southbank Hotel [PDF]
Crown Melbourne has taken legal action against a group of architects, engineers and consultants after it was forced to undertake costly aluminium cladding rectification works on one of its luxury Southbank hotels.
Five defendants – architecture firm Bates Smart, engineer consultants Aurecon and AECOM, which Crown said acted as their facade engineer and building surveyor respectively, fire engineer company Thomas Nicolas and environment consultant Greencap.

Crown Takes Aim at Engineering Consultants AURECON and AECOM Over Flammable Cladding

Cladding Fight Continues Between Meriton Properties Pty Ltd v Waverley Council [2025] NSWLEC 1060
Fire safety and combustible cladding rectification at Meriton Serviced Apartments, 95 Grafton Street, Bondi Junction legally described as Lot 201 in DP 1017003. (the Site).
Notice pursuant to prohibit the use of aluminium composite panels (ACP) with a core comprised of greater than 30 percent polyethylene by mass in any external cladding, external wall, external insulation, façade or rendered finish in specified buildings (Building Product Use Ban).

First Substantive Cladding Case Post-Grenfell Highlights What Costs Can be Claimed

INDUSTRY NEWS

Light Science Technologies CEO on Injecta Fire Barrier Solution to UK’s Unsafe Cladding Dilemma

Remediation of Cladding on Buildings is ‘Far Too Slow’ 8 Years After Grenfell Fire

How Fire Safety Remediation Impacts Financial Reporting

Very Impressive ! Zero Flame Impingement Cladding
Fire Demonstration: Hardie® Fibre Cement Siding Standing Up to the Extreme (VIDEO)

Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Scottish Government Response

The VBA Leading Inspections Blitz Targeted at Balcony Non-Compliance

Insurers Highlight Progress Made by Fire Reinsurance Facility

FPA Expands Its Fire Research Testing Capabilities with Dedicated Research Testing Facility and Team of Fire Research Engineers

EcoMag Ltd Research Project with UNSW on High-performance Magnesium Hydroxide Polymer Composites for Low Carbon Footprint, Fire-resistant Construction Materials

NEW REASEACH THAT IS TRENDING

Fire Resistance and Thermal Performance of Hybrid Fibre-Reinforced Magnesium Oxychloride Cement-Based Cladding

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Step-by-Step Guide For Evaluating the Combustibility Risk of Cladding
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Australian NATA Testing Laboratory Offers Cladding Identification and Testing Services (to determine Combustibility Risk Profile)
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Melbourne Testing Lab for Testing of Architectural Cladding Materials and Combustibility Risk
ExcelPlas now performs Positive Material Identification (PMI) and Combustibility Rating (CR) on architectural cladding such as Aluminium Composite Materials ACM, Aluminium Composite Panels ACP, Expanded Polystyrene Panels EPS, Polyisocyanuarate Foam Panels PIC and others.
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