CCN – The Latest Updates, News and Alerts on Combustible Cladding
Victoria Dragging its Heels on Combustible Cladding (Breaking News)
So far just one building with combustible cladding has been substantially fixed since the cladding audit began, Sue Eddy, the chief executive of the Victorian Building Authority, revealed on Monday.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/a-matter-of-life-and-death-hundreds-of-buildings-at-high-risk-from-dangerous-cladding-20190204-p50vlw.html
EXCLUSIVE – Sahil Bhasin, National General Manager – Roscon, interview on 3AW Radio – hours after the incident occurred
[Audio 5:52] https://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/mfXQCtZ7IdHV7jj/download
‘Slow Process’ Ridding Apartments of Fire-Prone Cladding (Breaking News)
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/vic/2019/02/04/melbourne-apartment-blaze-combustible-cladding/
Melbourne Fire Brigade says Buildings Over 25 Metres High Should Not Have Cladding At All (Breaking News)
https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/melbourne-fire-combustible-cladding-blamed
Building Certifier Part of LendLease Consortium Goes Into Administration, Avoids Any Cladding Claims
https://www.afr.com/real-estate/building-certifier-watson-oldco-in-administration-avoids-any-cladding-claims-20190110-h19xs2
Melbourne Testing Laboratory Offer 24 hrs Testing Service for Testing and Assessing Combustible Cladding
Combustible Cladding Testing Laboratory – ExcelPlas Australia (NATA Accredited & Approved by Insurance Council of Australia)
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Residents “Should have been made aware” of Combustible Cladding (Breaking News)
https://www.3aw.com.au/residents-should-have-been-made-aware-of-combustile-cladding/
Residents Told ‘Keep Out’ After Vic Cladding Fire (Breaking News)
https://www.theislanderonline.com.au/story/5884566/residents-told-keep-out-after-vic-fire/?cs=7
More Perth Buildings Identified in Cladding Audit
https://www.6pr.com.au/podcast/more-perth-buildings-identified-in-cladding-audit/
Combustible Cladding ‘Main Contributor’ to Melbourne’s Spencer St Tower Fire (Breaking News)
https://www.afr.com/real-estate/combustible-cladding-main-contributor-to-melbournes-spencer-st-tower-fire-20190204-h1atix
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
Final tickets for the 2nd Annual Safe Cladding, Buildings and Facade Innovation Summit (Sydney | 27-28 Feb)
As a CCN reader, you are eligible for a 10% saving off your ticket for this leading event. Simply use the VIP code CCN-10 when registering to receive the discount.
With the Grenfell inquiry currently underway, there are many lessons for the Australian building and construction sector that can be applied from the UK experience. Hear from Roy Wilsher, Chair of the UK National Fire Chiefs Council as he outlines what remediation steps are being taken to implement effective fire protection and risk mitigation strategies that are looking to be adopted both here in Australia and in the UK. This offers our delegates the opportunity to gain valuable insights into how to navigate future regulatory change.
He will be joined by over 30 local and international industry leaders including:
- Hon Karen Andrews MP, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Australian Federal Government
- Gary Strong, Global Building Standards Director, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Chair, International Fire Safety Standards Coalition (UK)
- Philip Halton, Deputy Commissioner, Queensland Building and Construction Commission
- John Prendergast, Manager Building Services, City Of Greater Dandenong; President of Victorian Municipal Building Surveyors Group
Engage with your industry colleagues to explore potential solutions including developing a nationally consistent approach to regulatory reform; remediation of existing building stock; innovations in design and building facades that can be applied to make future buildings safer and developing an insurance approach to cladding within the current market. This 10% saving is valid until 15/2/19. Find out more here: http://scb.aventedge.com/
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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