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INDUSTRY NEWS

Major Parties Fail to Eradicate Building Defects, Costing Homeowners $2.5bn a Year (Australian Property Journal)
https://www.australianpropertyjournal.com.au/2022/05/17/major-parties-fail-to-eradicate-building-defects-costing-homeowners-2-5bn-a-year/

Andrews’ Government to Sell Tower After Sinking Millions to Fix Flammable Cladding
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/530QVxc4XmXduRC

Armadello Fire & Cladding Solutions Receives Their ACL
https://www.mondaq.com/pressrelease/90306/armadello-fire-cladding-solutions-receives-their-acl

Significantly Increased Fire Risk in Rainscreen Cladding Systems, Research Finds
https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/significantly-increased-fire-risk-in-rainscreen-cladding-systems-research-finds-75657

Dangerous Cladding Products could be Deemed ‘Risk Neutral’ Under New Guidance, Manufacturers Warn
https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/dangerous-cladding-products-could-be-deemed-risk-neutral-under-new-guidance-manufacturers-warn-75641

Fire insurance and the ‘Sustainable Building’ The Environmental Politics of Urban Fire Governance [PDF]
https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/54189/9781000591682.pdf?sequence=1#page=142

Fire Severity Outcome Comparison of Apartment Buildings Constructed from Combustible and Non-Combustible Materials [PDF]
https://cjr.ufv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Combustible-vs-Non-combustible-Report-FINAL-20220406.pdf

Bayside City Council Seeking Building Surveyor for Critical Role in the Long-Term Management of Combustible Cladding
https://www.seek.com.au/job/57006307?type=standout

Urgent Testing of Suspect Cladding
ExcelPlas use a range of analytical techniques to assist all stakeholders (Building Owners, Insurers, Fire Engineers, Facility Management, Body Corporate) to better understand the composition, flammability potential and risk profile of questionable aluminium cladding.
Fastest Timeframes
ExcelPlas takes as little as 2-5 business days from initiation to handing over your final report.
In an industry where the usual turnaround is 2 weeks onwards, ExcelPlas’ operational flexibility and in-house laboratory enable us to shorten our reporting timeframes allowing you to meet your deadlines early.
https://www.excelplas.com/products-tested/cladding-testing/

CLADDING CLASS ACTIONS

How to Participate in the Alucobond® Combustible Cladding Class Action
https://www.williamroberts.com.au/ArticleDocuments/333/NSD215.2019-20Main-20Notice-20and-20Opt-20Out-20Form.pdf.aspx

How to Participate in the Vitrabond® Combustible Cladding Class Action 
https://www.williamroberts.com.au/ArticleDocuments/333/NSD940.2019 – Notice.pdf.aspx

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)
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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