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BREAKING NEWS
Concerns Raised in Senate Estimates Over the Safety of Cladding Products Used in Australian Buildings
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-05/could-a-grenfell-tower-2-0-disaster-happen-in-australia-/100192544
Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) Grilled by Senate Estimates Committee Over Combustible Cladding
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-05/could-a-grenfell-tower-2-0-disaster-happen-in-australia-/100192544
Kingspan Australia Rejects Inferences Their Cladding Product is Unsafe
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-05/could-a-grenfell-tower-2-0-disaster-happen-in-australia-/100192544
Victoria’s Cladding Rectification Program on the National and International Stage
https://www.vic.gov.au/victorias-cladding-rectification-program-national-and-international-stage
Court of Appeal Reapportions Liability for Lacrosse Apartment Tower Fire
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=2e06c8d6-6907-41b1-8d3b-b5f86808a9cd
Owners Told to Foot the Bill for Combustible Cladding Repairs (Breaking News)
https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/property/2021/06/03/owners-told-to-foot-the-bill-for-combustible-cladding-repairs/
AlucoBond Addresses Fire Safety of Façade Cladding in New 25 Page Booklet
https://alucobond.com/cms/deliver/ALUCOBOND_Fire_Safety_2020_EN.pdf
OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS
How to Fix Cladding Safety Issues in Victoria
https://planabettermortgage.com.au/how-to-fix-cladding-safety-issues-in-victoria/
Lower Compliance Costs for Cladding by Tom Bacon – Principal, Strata Title Lawyers
If you know where to look (and who to look to) there are potential options for much lower compliance costs to rectify combustible cladding.
https://www.docklandsnews.com.au/columns/detail/owners-corporation-law_17533/
LCI Consultants Deliver Fire Engineering for Crown Sydney, Barangaroo NSW
https://www.lciconsultants.com.au/portfolio/crown-sydney-hotel-resort/
White Paper on Mitsubishi ALPOLIC™ NC Non-Combustible Cladding
https://vision6.excelplas.com/ch/38100/52s5q/2958009/o_fh7vNKnPQknKJKTX6iS_WejaLPoiHbpYkZEBuf.html
‘Painfully Slow’ Progress on Cladding Crisis as Just £40m Spent in One Month from Pot of Billions
https://au.news.yahoo.com/painfully-slow-progress-cladding-crisis-165012195.html
Video – The Cladding Scandal: What is it Like to Live in a Flammable Unsafe Home?| ITV News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbgKmgSQYS4
Don’t Buy in Britain, Cladding Victims Tell Foreign Investors
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dont-buy-in-britain-cladding-victims-tell-foreign-investors-3n9trclbf
Residents Each Face £100,000 Bill for Post-Grenfell Fire Safety Costs
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/05/salford-residents-each-face-100000-bill-for-post-grenfell-fire-safety-costs
ALUCOBOND® New Brochure Tackles the Hot Issue of Fire Safety and Cladding & Material Choice
https://www.architectsdatafile.co.uk/news/alucobond-new-brochure-tackles-the-hot-issue-of-fire-safety-and-cladding-material-choice/
RIBA Slams ‘Shocking’ Figures on Schools with Combustible Insulation
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/riba-slams-shocking-figures-on-schools-with-combustible-insulation
Structural Focus on Fire by Sotera Fire Engineering
https://mailchi.mp/8624adef7440/structural-focus-on-fire?e=c47acd0114
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