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BREAKING NEWS
Director of Warrington Fire Heavily Criticized Over Cladding Fire
https://www.fsmatters.com/Government-advisors-must-be-held-to-account
Legal Notes: Regulatory Failures Revealed at U.K.’s Grenfell Tower inquiry
https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/government/2022/03/legal-notes-regulatory-failures-revealed-at-u-k-s-grenfell-tower-inquiry
Grenfell Tower Inquiry Diary Week 67: ‘When Exposed to a Fire, the Aluminium Melts Away and Exposes the Polyethylene. Whoosh!’
https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insight/grenfell-tower-inquiry-diary-week-67-when-exposed-to-a-fire-the-aluminium-melts-away-and-exposes-the-polyethylene-whoosh-74680
Key Grenfell Witness “Must be Held Accountable” for his Actions Urges FBU
https://www.fsmatters.com/Government-advisors-must-be-held-to-account
Lannock Approved for Cladding Loans in NSW
https://www.flatchat.com.au/lannock-cladding-loans/
Builder’s Collapse Leaves Cladding and Defect Claims Under a Cloud for New Docklands Projects
https://www.docklandsnews.com.au/builders-collapse-leaves-defect-claims-under-a-cloud-for-new-docklands-projects
INDUSTRY NEWS
Proactive Inspections Successfully Identify Cladding Risks | Victorian Building Authority
https://www.vba.vic.gov.au/news/news/2022/proactive-inspections-successfully-identify-risks
Mitsubishi Chemical Publishes Alpolic® NC/A1 Cladding Environmental Product Declaration [PDF]
https://www.claddingsystems.com.au/20/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ALPOLIC-NC-EPD-Final-Report.pdf
Rethinking Roles to Improve Cladding Outcomes in the Building Industry Tickets, Tue 29/03/2022
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/rethinking-roles-to-improve-outcomes-in-the-building-industry-tickets-293568480227
Seeking Project Coordinator for Cladding Remediation
The company specialises in the identification, rectification, and replacement of non-compliant cladding to meet the government regulations.
https://m.hays.com.au/Job/Detail/project-coordinator-estimator-vic-melbourne-cbd-en-AU-2614149?jobSource-adzunasp&utm-source-adzuna&utm-medium-cpc&utm-campaign=construction
Cladding Remediation by Elements Cladding (as heard on 3AW Radio)
https://elementscladding.com.au/
The State Failures that Led to the Grenfell Tower Fire
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-state-failures-that-led-to-the-grenfell-tower-fire
Christina Knorr – Combustible Cladding Assessments in NSW and QLD – Experience of a Fire Engineer
https://cjkfireandsafety.com.au/combustible-cladding-summit-sydney/#:~:text-Christina-20has-20been-20extensively-20involved,educational-2C-20heritage-20and-20infrastructure-20projects
Workers Say They Breathe Polluted Air at “Green” Insulation Facility
Kingspan employees in Santa Ana, California are demanding improved health protections—and a fair process to organize.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/kingspan-workers-air-pollution-grenfell-tower-labor-environment
RAPID CLADDING TESTING SERVICE
Premium Testing Service for Cladding Fire Risk Assessment – ExcelPlas Cladding Testing Laboratory
Our laboratories provide specialist cladding and facades testing services, from identification, compositional analysis and combustibility risk.
Our accredited laboratories in Melbourne are renowned as the foremost lab in Australia for cladding testing.
https://www.claddingtest.com/
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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)
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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.
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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