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BREAKING NEWS
CSV Publishes Study on Non-Cladding Building Defects [PDF]
https://www.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-02/Research-Analysis-Non-cladding-Building-Defects.pdf
Meet the Barrister in Ongoing Class Actions involving 3A Composites Concerning Combustible Cladding – Stephen Free SC
https://elevenwentworth.com/portfolio/stephen-free/
Up in Smoke: Video of Testing of Flammable Cladding on UAE Buildings
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9dzo9k
LEGAL NEWS
Body Corporate Argues ACP on Meriton Tower in the Brisbane CBD Constitute an Undue Risk of Fire Spread Via the Facade of the Building
Body Corporate for Infinity 1 Community Titles Scheme 45404 v Queensland Building and Construction Commission & Anor [2025] QCAT 54 (7 February 2025) (Declassified)
• The Meriton tower is a very tall building in the Brisbane CBD. It was completed in April 2014. It features sunscreens attached to floor slabs. The horizontal sunscreens consist of a polyethylene core encapsulated in aluminium, commonly known as aluminium composite panels (ACPs). If the Meriton tower was constructed today it would not have ACPs attached as sunscreens as use of such material as part of, or attached to, the exterior of a building was essentially prohibited following the Lacrosse building fire in Melbourne in 2014 and the Grenfell tragedy in London 2017.
• When the Meriton tower was constructed and certified the relevant building code permitted the use of sunscreens constructed, in part, of combustible material polyethylene is combustible if they did not constitute an undue risk of fire spread via the facade of the building. In these proceedings the applicant argues that the ACPs constitute an undue risk of fire spread via the facade of the building.
• [3] This is an application to review a decision of the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (Commission) not to direct the second respondent (contractor) to rectify the ACPs. The applicant (Body Corporate) is a volumetric lot Community Titles Scheme body corporate that controls common property that generally falls between levels 25 to 64 of the Meriton tower.
https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/qld/QCAT/2025/54.html
https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/nsw/NSWLEC/2025/1060.html
INDUSTRY NEWS
The Future of Cladding: Exploring FR A1-Rated Honeycomb Panels
https://vivaacp.com/future-of-cladding-fr-a1-honeycomb-panels
AI to Access Information About Combustible Cladding Across Multiple Local Councils
A reporter seeking to access information about combustible cladding across multiple local councils that was held under a federated information sharing model from which calculations and decisions could be made – however, because information was held in discrete components and no single government entity held the complete suite of data she requested, access could be denied.
https://www.oaic.gov.au/news/speeches/artificial-intelligence-law-and-society-conference
BSR to Launch Cladding Remediation Enforcement Unit
https://www.propertyweek.com/news/bsr-to-launch-new-remediation-enforcement-unit-this-summer
UK Forms New Unit to Enforce Cladding Remediation
https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/new-unit-to-enforce-cladding-remediation-11-02-2025/
Tribunal Directs Landlord to Rectify Fire Safety Issues in High-Rise Property
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tribunal-directs-landlord-rectify-fire-safety-slkwe
AESG Experts in Building Safety & Combustible Cladding
Australian Essential Services Group’s combustible cladding reports are tailored to your individual building, encompassing identification and percentage coverage of wall materials, risk factors, and practical mitigation strategies and recommendations to reduce the risk of fire, spread, and building damage. Additionally, our reports are designed to fulfill insurance requests by providing the necessary information to meet requirements.
https://us-east-2.protection.sophos.com?d=aesg.com.au&u=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWVzZy5jb
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Roscon is a specialist provider of property reporting and facilities management services to business in the Owners Corporation and Insurance industries
As expert consultants, Roscon can devise a solution to address any non-compliant claddings. These solutions may be far more cost effective than
replacing the entire building facade.
https://www.roscon.com.au/cladding-facade-audits
Step-by-Step Guide For Evaluating the Combustibility Risk of Cladding
https://www.claddingtest.com/
Australian NATA Testing Laboratory Offers Cladding Identification and Testing Services (to determine Combustibility Risk Profile)
http://www.excelplas.com/
This Newsletter is brought to you by ExcelPlas Labs Australia’s Largest group of Polymer Building Materials Testing Labs.
http://www.excelplas.com/
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.
We have extensive experience with testing of polymers and polymeric building materials.
As a Nationally Accredited Testing Laboratory, our technicians, equipment and quality system are monitored regularly for proficiency and compliance assuring that you can count on quality results every time.
https://www.claddingtest.com/
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