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BREAKING NEWS
VBA Heavily Criticized by 60 Minutes as Families Left Homeless After New Homes Found to be Uninhabitable
https://9now.nine.com.au/60-minutes/victorian-building-authority-complaints-families-left-homeless-as-new-homes–uninhabitable/88333276-050f-4335-8608-6826d80f9898
Victorian Building Authority Inspectors Complete Hundreds of Audits by iPhone Despite Safety Concerns
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/HO3EKvpsFb8UovZ
VBA Response to Recent Media Enquiries
The Victorian Building Authority (VBA) was recently approached by media outlets to provide comment on a range of matters. The response the VBA provided can be found below.
In 2020, the VBA undertook a disciplinary action process in respect to the work of Obaid Naqebullah as the building practitioner responsible for the construction of 81 sole occupancy units in Dixon Street, Clayton, for which his company, Shangri-La Construction Pty Ltd was the contractor. The builder had placed combustible cladding on the external wall and had used non-compliant materials for internal separations which were required to be fire rated.
https://www.miragenews.com/vba-response-to-recent-media-enquiries-1001162/
Judge Approves £150 Million Settlement of Grenfell Compensation Claims
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/judge-approves-150-million-settlement-151656535.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12038219/Judge-awards-Grenfell-survivors-150-million-global-settlement.html
Kingspan, Celotex and Arconic Settle Civil Claims with 900 People Affected by Grenfell Fire
https://www.building.co.uk/news/kingspan-celotex-and-arconic-settle-civil-claims-with-900-people-affected-by-grenfell-fire/5122699.article
INDUSTRY NEWS
NSW Government Issue Project Remediate Pattern Book
The Pattern Book is a resource to help consultants replace combustible cladding. It includes technical design drawings
https://www.nsw.gov.au/building-commissioner/replace-flammable-cladding-through-project-remediate/pattern-book
Meet the Barrister that Assisted Judge Woodward in the Claim in Relation to the Fire Caused by Combustible Cladding at the Lacrosse Tower
https://www.greenslist.com.au/barrister/Shakti-Nambiar
Grenfell Part 2 Report Delayed Until Next Year | Construction News
https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/grenfell-part-2-report-delayed-until-next-year-03-05-2023/
Read Kingspan Letter to Gove
https://inquiry.kingspan.com/content/dam/inform/documents/kingspan-letter-to-secretary-of-state-4-april-2023-en-gb.pdf
“Severe Consequences” Face Cladding Companies Who Refuse to Pay for Remediation
https://www.fsmatters.com/Cladding-businesses-facing-severe-consequences
Fairview Publish eBook on Non-Combustible Cladding
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/usIlIK0q5gnujUc
TESTING & INVESTIGATION SERVICES
Number One Cladding Testing Laboratory in Australia (Affordable & Quick Turnarounds)
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Intelligent Cladding Testing to Inform Fire Risk
https://www.claddingtest.com/
Forensic Fire Service for Combustible Cladding
Working with industry specialists in litigation and construction we investigate cladding fires and cladding flammability issues
https://timcousins.com.au/
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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
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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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This Newsletter is brought to you by ExcelPlas Labs Australia’s Largest group of Polymer Building Materials Testing Labs.
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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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