CCN – The Latest Updates, News and Alerts on Combustible Cladding (Breaking News)
Building Certifier Insurance Crisis with Combustible Cladding– Current Status and Responses (Breaking News)
https://www.mccullough.com.au/2019/07/10/building-certifier-insurance-crisis-current-status-and-responses/
Cladding Fire Tests Stir Worry Two Years After Grenfell Tower Tragedy (Breaking News)
https://www.enr.com/articles/47197-cladding-fire-tests-stir-worry-two-years-after-grenfell-tower-tragedy
Combustible Cladding is Becoming an Insurance “Disaster” for the Construction Industry (Breaking News)
Dr Jonathan Barnett, Chair of Engineers Australia’s Society of Fire Safety, described the situation as a “disaster”, and said the consequences will flow on to others with a stake in the building industry – from engineers and other professions to consumers.
https://www.createdigital.org.au/combustible-cladding-insurance-disaster-construction-industry/
Grenfell Tower Incident Worries Regulators, Insurers and Buildings Owners (Breaking News)
The name of the aluminium composite panels is Reynobond PE 55, and Arconic made them. The company has stopped selling this product worldwide for use in tower blocks and apartments.
https://www.bdaa.com.au/grenfell-tower-incident-worries-regulators-insurers-and-buildings-owners/
ACM Cladding Does Not Meet Marketed Standard in New Test (Breaking News)
Molten polyethylene flows out of the cladding panels during the test
https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/grenfell-cladding-does-not-meet-marketed-standard-in-new-test-62131
CSIRO Present on Combustible Cladding at Major UK Fire Conference Last Week (Breaking News)
Alex Webb Group Leader – Infrastucture Technologies and Fire Safety Engineer at CSIRO presented a paper on combustible cladding at InterFlam 2019 (UK), a key international conference on fire science and engineering. Co-authored with Dr Anja Hofmann from Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing), the paper examined changing regulations for building facades in UK, Germany and Australia.
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Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) Endorsed Building Cladding Testing – Test for Combustible Cladding
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Cladding Compliance Australia | Combustible Cladding Solutions
Combustible Cladding Inspection, Testing and Rectification. QLD & NSW Cladding Checklists. Members of the Fire Protection Association Australia. 30+ Years Of Experience. Request A Quote. Highlights: Providing Customer Services, One Stop Option.
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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.
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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.
We have extensive experience with testing of polymers and polymeric building materials.
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