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  • June 2022 Vol. 5June 27, 2022

    CCN – The Latest Updates, News, and Alerts on Combustible Cladding (Breaking News)
    Reaching more Players in the Cladding Industry


    NEWSMAKERS  * ACT Govt. * Aodeli * ALUCOBOND™ * Aluminium Cladding * ARCONIC * Celotex * Cladding Safety Victoria * CSV * CladdingTest * CCN * ExcelPlas * Fairview * Grenfell * Kingspan * NSW * SCA * VBA * Vitrabond® * William Roberts

    INDUSTRY NEWS

    NSW Cladding Remediation Remains Stagnant | Architecture & Design
    https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/nsw-cladding-remediation-remains-stagnant

    Aodeli’s ‘Fire Safe’ Facade Panels Selected for Iconic Brisbane Square Recladding
    https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/suppliers/aodeli/aodeli-fire-safe-facade-panels-on-brisbane-square

    Grenfell Tower fire: What has Changed Five Years On? – VIDEO
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mvMBaWJnZXc

    Grenfell Inquiry: Cladding “Same as Timber” Says Maker Arconic – VIDEO
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jGKlYoCwOns

    SCA Calls for Continued Efforts to Address Cladding Dangers
    https://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/sca-calls-for-continued-efforts-to-address-cladding-dangers

    Thought Leaders Series: Non-combustible Façade Engineering
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEH0RBZ7uxU

    ACT Govt. Seeking Risk and Assurance Officer, Private Building Cladding Scheme Full-time ($152,377 plus superannuation)
    https://www.jobs.act.gov.au/jobs/major-projects-canberra/temporary/57886

    Is the Cost of Replacing Flammable Cladding Deductible in the Year it is Paid? | ATO
    https://community.ato.gov.au/s/question/a0J9s000000MwQl/p-00186558

    Opinion: Grenfell – Not One but Multiple Stories of Displacement
    https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/housing-after-grenfell/blog/2022/06/opinion-grenfell-not-one-multiple-stories-displacement

    West London Block was Undergoing Fire Safety Work at Time of Blaze
    https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/home/home/west-london-block-was-undergoing-fire-safety-work-at-time-of-blaze-76187

    Two Years After Grenfell fire, Tower Blocks in Newcastle and Gateshead Still Have Flammable Cladding
    https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/nsw-cladding-remediation-remains-stagnant

    High-rise Fire near Grenfell ‘Would Have Been Difficult to Witness’
    https://www.itv.com/news/london/2022-06-22/high-rise-fire-near-grenfell-would-have-been-difficult-to-witness

    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/

    MORE COMBUSTIBLE CLADDING NEWS

    Do You Have Any Cladding Industry News? – Get in Touch
    https://www.excelplas.com/contact-us/

    Want More Cladding News?
    https://www.claddingnews.com/


    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/

    Earlier Issues of This Newsletter Can Be Viewed Here:
    https://www.claddingtest.com/archives/

    Any news requests should be sent to john@excelplas.com
    To subscribe, visit https://www.claddingtest.com/subscribe/

    CCN is owned and operated by ExcelPlas Pty Ltd.  By subscribing to CCN you agree to receiving regular CCN newsletters as well as the CCN platform using your email contact details to enhance the performance and functionality of CCN and its analytics reports.  These email contact details allow CCN to track page views and create more targeted and relevant content.  CCN provides an unsubscribe link on the bottom of each CCN newsletter.

  • June 2022 Vol. 4June 20, 2022

    CCN – The Latest Updates, News, and Alerts on Combustible Cladding (Breaking News)
    Reaching more Players in the Cladding Industry


    NEWSMAKERS  * ACT * ALUCOBOND™ * Aluminium Cladding * ARCONIC * Celotex * Cladding Safety Victoria * CSV * CladdingTest * CCN * ExcelPlas * Fairview * Grenfell * Kingspan * Norton Rose Fulbright * OCN * VBA * Vitrabond® * William Roberts

    BREAKING NEWS

    Upcoming Webinar – ‘Practical Steps to Mitigate fire Risk in Apartment Buildings’ -Tuesday 28 June
    https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/93xrMivlvEEyKtL

    Groups Call for Investment Firm to Divest from Kingspan, a Global Insulation Manufacturer and Core Participant in the Ongoing U.K. Government Grenfell Inquiry
    https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2022-06-15/smart-movement-in-solidarity-with-survivors-of-grenfell-tower-fire-erects-altar-for-72-victims-outside-capital-group

    Australia’s Building Safety Reforms in the Shadow of Grenfell Tower
    https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/housing-after-grenfell/blog/2022/06/australias-building-safety-reforms-shadow-grenfell-tower

    Cladding Dispute Goes Legal Martlet Homes Limited -v- Mulalley and Co Limited | Global law firm | Norton Rose Fulbright
    https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en-ug/knowledge/publications/439ead39/construction-bulletin-martlet-homes-limited-v-mulalley-and-co-limited

    Combustible Cladding a ‘Real Problem We Need to Solve Now
    https://novonite.com/combustible-cladding-a-real-problem-we-need-to-solve-now/

    Five Years on from Grenfell Tower fire, 73 Greenwich Buildings Still Have Safety Defects
    https://853.london/2022/06/14/five-years-on-from-grenfell-tower-fire-73-greenwich-buildings-still-have-safety-defects/

    Grenfell: A Story of Multiple Failings
    https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/grenfell-a-story-of-multiple-failings/

    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-20Op-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/

    MORE COMBUSTIBLE CLADDING NEWS

    Do You Have Any Cladding Industry News? – Get in Touch
    https://www.excelplas.com/contact-us/

    Want More Cladding News?
    https://www.claddingnews.com/


    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/

    Earlier Issues of This Newsletter Can Be Viewed Here:
    https://www.claddingtest.com/archives/

    Any news requests should be sent to john@excelplas.com
    To subscribe, visit https://www.claddingtest.com/subscribe/

    CCN is owned and operated by ExcelPlas Pty Ltd.  By subscribing to CCN you agree to receiving regular CCN newsletters as well as the CCN platform using your email contact details to enhance the performance and functionality of CCN and its analytics reports.  These email contact details allow CCN to track page views and create more targeted and relevant content.  CCN provides an unsubscribe link on the bottom of each CCN newsletter.

  • June 2022 Vol. 3June 16, 2022

    CCN – The Latest Updates, News, and Alerts on Combustible Cladding (Breaking News)
    Reaching more Players in the Cladding Industry


    NEWSMAKERS  * AIBS * ALUCOBOND™ * Aluminium Cladding * ARCONIC * Celotex * Cladding Safety Victoria * CSV * CladdingTest * CCN * ExcelPlas * Grenfell * Kingspan * OCN * Project Remediate * VBA * Vitrabond® * William Roberts

    SPECIAL 5TH ANNIVERSAY OF GRENFELL FIRE EDITION

    BREAKING NEWS

    Response to AIBS Public Statement Regarding the VBA
    https://www.vba.vic.gov.au/news/news/2022/response-to-aibs-public-statement-regarding-the-vba

    NSW Buildings Still Lined with Combustible Cladding Five Years After Deadly Grenfell Tower Fire
    https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-buildings-dangerous-cladding-after-deadly-grenfell-tower-fire/5fa17703-4d94-4ba0-bc32-d489b3e53116

    Yet Not a Single Piece of Dangerous, Flammable Cladding Has Been Removed Under Project Remediate, The NSW Government’s Signature Program To Remove It
    https://ozarab.media/five-years-on-and-not-a-single-piece-of-dangerous-flammable-cladding-removed/

    INDUSTRY NEWS

    Five Years On, Grenfell’s Shadow Falls on Every Unsafe Building in Australia
    https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/NW7wCfuoo9QMtDm#pdfviewer​

    Combustible Cladding Remains in Sydney as UK Marks Five Years Since Grenfell disaster
    https://www.watoday.com.au/national/combustible-cladding-remains-in-sydney-as-uk-marks-five-years-since-grenfell-disaster-20220614-p5atpl.html

    5 Years After Grenfell, Progress Made But More Action Needed on Combustible Cladding
    https://www.buildaustralia.com.au/news_article/5-years-after-grenfell-progress-made-but-more-action-needed-on-combustible-cladding/

    Cladding Scandal: ‘Years into the Cladding Crisis, Our Flat May Still Be Dangerous’
    https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cladding-scandal-years-cladding-crisis-052200580.html

    Grenfell Anniversary: Shoddy Workmanship, Flammable Cladding and Unprepared Firefighters – What the Inquiry Has Heard So Far
    https://news.sky.com/story/grenfell-anniversary-what-have-we-learned-from-the-inquiry-so-far-12633066

    Grenfell Tower Inquiry: The 6 Key Findings for Anyone Who Hasn’t Followed the Investigation
    https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/grenfell-tower-inquiry-key-findings-24211134

    Congratulations to 300 Cladding Winners!
    https://www.northwestcitynews.com.au/congratulations-to-300-cladding-winners

    Grenfell Tower: Finally, the Worst Type of Cladding is to be Banned, Five Years On
    https://theconversation.com/grenfell-tower-finally-the-worst-type-of-cladding-is-to-be-banned-five-years-on-185040

    Pleasing First Steps Need Further Action for Complete Cladding Safety
    https://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au/property-development/23835-pleasing-first-steps-need-further-action-for-complete-cladding-safety

    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/

    MORE COMBUSTIBLE CLADDING NEWS

    Do You Have Any Cladding Industry News? – Get in Touch
    https://www.excelplas.com/contact-us/

    Want More Cladding News?
    https://www.claddingnews.com/


    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/

    Earlier Issues of This Newsletter Can Be Viewed Here:
    https://www.claddingtest.com/archives/

    Any news requests should be sent to john@excelplas.com
    To subscribe, visit https://www.claddingtest.com/subscribe/

    CCN is owned and operated by ExcelPlas Pty Ltd.  By subscribing to CCN you agree to receiving regular CCN newsletters as well as the CCN platform using your email contact details to enhance the performance and functionality of CCN and its analytics reports.  These email contact details allow CCN to track page views and create more targeted and relevant content.  CCN provides an unsubscribe link on the bottom of each CCN newsletter.

  • June 2022 Vol. 2June 14, 2022

    CCN – The Latest Updates, News, and Alerts on Combustible Cladding (Breaking News)
    Reaching more Players in the Cladding Industry


    NEWSMAKERS  * ACT * ALUCOBOND™ * Aluminium Cladding * ARCONIC * Celotex * Cladding Safety Victoria * CSV * CladdingTest * CCN * ExcelPlas * Fairview * Grenfell * Kingspan * Norton Rose Fulbright * OCN * Perth * RMIT * Wintech * VBA * Vitrabond® * William Roberts

    SPECIAL 5TH ANNIVERSAY OF GRENFELL FIRE EDITION

    BREAKING NEWS

    VBA Accused of Botching Cladding Repair Works
    Feud Over ‘Botched’ Cladding Repair Works (Herald Sun)
    https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/xFlNfmDyrz0x6uT#pdfviewer

    Combustible Cladding Still Present at Perth Hospitals, Unis and Schools
    https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/6oRrW97YYhUn2MO#pdfviewer

    Five Years After Grenfell Tragedy Perth Buildings Still Wrapped in Flammable Cladding
    https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/br0dqXH63ASDI5X#pdfviewer

    Corner-Cutting, Cover-ups and a Disregard for human Life: Why Grenfell Really Happened | The Sunday Times (Special Feature)
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corner-cutting-cover-ups-and-a-disregard-for-human-life-why-grenfell-really-happened-fsvrdzmsj

    The Repercussions of the Grenfell Tower Fire are Far from Over (The Economist)
    https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/06/09/the-repercussions-of-the-grenfell-tower-fire-are-far-from-over

    Almost 10,000 Buildings ‘Unsafe’ with Danger Cladding Five Years on from Grenfell
    https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/almost-10-000-buildings-unsafe-with-danger-cladding-five-years-on-from-grenfell/

    ACT Residential Buildings Remain at Risk of Flammable Cladding | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT
    https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7775320/act-residential-buildings-remain-at-risk-of-flammable-cladding/

    INDUSTRY NEWS

    Grenfell, Five Years On: ‘We Know Who the Guilty Are But They Remain Free’
    The cladding was manufactured by Arconic, a French company, while the insulation behind it came from Celotex and Kingspan.
    Kingspan, which provided some of the insulation for the project, found its Kooltherm K15 product erupted into a “raging inferno” when tested in 2007.  When a facade engineering firm, Wintech, questioned if Kingspan’s insulation was suitable for high-rise buildings, Philip Heath, a technical manager, wrote in an email to colleagues: “Wintech can go f— themselves and if they are not careful we will sue the a— [off] them.”   In a harrowing text exchange, Arron Chalmers, technical project leader at Kingspan, joked with a colleague about K15 being marketed as safe when it failed fire tests. “All we do is lie in here,” one message read. 
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/11/grenfell-five-years-know-guilty-remain-free/

    Families Who’ve spent £820,000 after Grenfell Tragedy Fear They Won’t Get a Penny Back
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/families-whove-spent-820000-after-27195659

    Grenfell’s Legacy Must be an End to Unsafe Homes
    Greedy materials companies — Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex Exploited Lax Regulations
    https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/RB7fHnOduY7k2vd#pdfviewer

    I Fear We Could Face Another Grenfell Tower Disaster – THE GUARDIAN
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/12/sadiq-khan-london-mayor-i-fear-we-could-face-another-grenfell

    Firms That Refuse to Fund Cladding Repairs Could Face Trading Ban
    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/apr/17/firms-who-refuse-to-fund-cladding-repairs-could-face-trading-ban

    New Book on Combustible Cladding Just Published
    Constructing a Consumer-Focused Industry: Cracks, Cladding and Crisis (routledge.com)

    LEGAL NEWS

    First Substantive Claim Against a Building Contractor Regarding Defective Cladding to Reach the High Court
    https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en-th/knowledge/publications/439ead39/construction-bulletin-martlet-homes-limited-v-mulalley-and-co-limited

    Fire Safety – Extension of Combustible Cladding Ban
    https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/AsHDS9H29dFAVr3#pdfviewer

    OTHER NEWS

    Five Things to Know Before Recladding (by Fairview)
    https://fv.com.au/general-knowledge/5-things-to-know-before-recladding/

    New Fire Safety Rules Extend Ban on Combustible Cladding
    https://www.roofingtoday.co.uk/new-fire-safety-rules-extend-ban-on-combustible-cladding/

    JOBS

    Cladding Safety Victoria Seeking Legal Counsel
    Applications close on Tuesday 21 June 2022
    https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/legal-counsel-at-cladding-safety-victoria-3104859916

    Cladding Safety Victoria Seeking Senior Legal Counsel
    Applications close on Tuesday 21 June 2022
    https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-legal-counsel-at-cladding-safety-victoria-3105910758
    https://www.seek.com.au/job/57300007?type=standout

    Cladding Safety Victoria Seeking Cladding Program Coordinator (Salary +$125K/a)
    https://jobs.careers.vic.gov.au/jobs/VG-CSV-C0078

    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/

    MORE COMBUSTIBLE CLADDING NEWS

    Do You Have Any Cladding Industry News? – Get in Touch
    https://www.excelplas.com/contact-us/

    Want More Cladding News?
    https://www.claddingnews.com/


    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/

    Earlier Issues of This Newsletter Can Be Viewed Here:
    https://www.claddingtest.com/archives/

    Any news requests should be sent to john@excelplas.com
    To subscribe, visit https://www.claddingtest.com/subscribe/

    CCN is owned and operated by ExcelPlas Pty Ltd.  By subscribing to CCN you agree to receiving regular CCN newsletters as well as the CCN platform using your email contact details to enhance the performance and functionality of CCN and its analytics reports.  These email contact details allow CCN to track page views and create more targeted and relevant content.  CCN provides an unsubscribe link on the bottom of each CCN newsletter.

    NEWSMAKERS  * ACT * ALUCOBOND™ * Aluminium Cladding * ARCONIC * Celotex * Cladding Safety Victoria * CSV * CladdingTest * CCN * ExcelPlas * Fairview * Grenfell * Kingspan * Norton Rose Fulbright * OCN * Perth * RMIT * Wintech * VBA * Vitrabond® * William Roberts

    SPECIAL 5TH ANNIVERSAY OF GRENFELL FIRE EDITION

    BREAKING NEWS

    VBA Accused of Botching Cladding Repair Works
    Feud Over ‘Botched’ Cladding Repair Works (Herald Sun)
    https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/xFlNfmDyrz0x6uT#pdfviewer

    Combustible Cladding Still Present at Perth Hospitals, Unis and Schools
    https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/6oRrW97YYhUn2MO#pdfviewer

    Five Years After Grenfell Tragedy Perth Buildings Still Wrapped in Flammable Cladding
    https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/br0dqXH63ASDI5X#pdfviewer

    Corner-Cutting, Cover-ups and a Disregard for human Life: Why Grenfell Really Happened | The Sunday Times (Special Feature)
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corner-cutting-cover-ups-and-a-disregard-for-human-life-why-grenfell-really-happened-fsvrdzmsj

    The Repercussions of the Grenfell Tower Fire are Far from Over (The Economist)
    https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/06/09/the-repercussions-of-the-grenfell-tower-fire-are-far-from-over

    Almost 10,000 Buildings ‘Unsafe’ with Danger Cladding Five Years on from Grenfell
    https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/almost-10-000-buildings-unsafe-with-danger-cladding-five-years-on-from-grenfell/

    ACT Residential Buildings Remain at Risk of Flammable Cladding | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT
    https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7775320/act-residential-buildings-remain-at-risk-of-flammable-cladding/

    INDUSTRY NEWS

    Grenfell, Five Years On: ‘We Know Who the Guilty Are But They Remain Free’
    The cladding was manufactured by Arconic, a French company, while the insulation behind it came from Celotex and Kingspan.
    Kingspan, which provided some of the insulation for the project, found its Kooltherm K15 product erupted into a “raging inferno” when tested in 2007.  When a facade engineering firm, Wintech, questioned if Kingspan’s insulation was suitable for high-rise buildings, Philip Heath, a technical manager, wrote in an email to colleagues: “Wintech can go f— themselves and if they are not careful we will sue the a— [off] them.”   In a harrowing text exchange, Arron Chalmers, technical project leader at Kingspan, joked with a colleague about K15 being marketed as safe when it failed fire tests. “All we do is lie in here,” one message read. 
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/11/grenfell-five-years-know-guilty-remain-free/

    Families Who’ve spent £820,000 after Grenfell Tragedy Fear They Won’t Get a Penny Back
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/families-whove-spent-820000-after-27195659

    Grenfell’s Legacy Must be an End to Unsafe Homes
    Greedy materials companies — Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex Exploited Lax Regulations
    https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/RB7fHnOduY7k2vd#pdfviewer

    I Fear We Could Face Another Grenfell Tower Disaster – THE GUARDIAN
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/12/sadiq-khan-london-mayor-i-fear-we-could-face-another-grenfell

    Firms That Refuse to Fund Cladding Repairs Could Face Trading Ban
    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/apr/17/firms-who-refuse-to-fund-cladding-repairs-could-face-trading-ban

    New Book on Combustible Cladding Just Published
    Constructing a Consumer-Focused Industry: Cracks, Cladding and Crisis (routledge.com)

    LEGAL NEWS

    First Substantive Claim Against a Building Contractor Regarding Defective Cladding to Reach the High Court
    https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en-th/knowledge/publications/439ead39/construction-bulletin-martlet-homes-limited-v-mulalley-and-co-limited

    Fire Safety – Extension of Combustible Cladding Ban
    https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/AsHDS9H29dFAVr3#pdfviewer

    OTHER NEWS

    Five Things to Know Before Recladding (by Fairview)
    https://fv.com.au/general-knowledge/5-things-to-know-before-recladding/

    New Fire Safety Rules Extend Ban on Combustible Cladding
    https://www.roofingtoday.co.uk/new-fire-safety-rules-extend-ban-on-combustible-cladding/

    JOBS

    Cladding Safety Victoria Seeking Legal Counsel
    Applications close on Tuesday 21 June 2022
    https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/legal-counsel-at-cladding-safety-victoria-3104859916

    Cladding Safety Victoria Seeking Senior Legal Counsel
    Applications close on Tuesday 21 June 2022
    https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-legal-counsel-at-cladding-safety-victoria-3105910758
    https://www.seek.com.au/job/57300007?type=standout

    Cladding Safety Victoria Seeking Cladding Program Coordinator (Salary +$125K/a)
    https://jobs.careers.vic.gov.au/jobs/VG-CSV-C0078

    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/

    MORE COMBUSTIBLE CLADDING NEWS

    Do You Have Any Cladding Industry News? – Get in Touch
    https://www.excelplas.com/contact-us/

    Want More Cladding News?
    https://www.claddingnews.com/


    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/

    Earlier Issues of This Newsletter Can Be Viewed Here:
    https://www.claddingtest.com/archives/

    Any news requests should be sent to john@excelplas.com
    To subscribe, visit https://www.claddingtest.com/subscribe/

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  • June 2022 Vol. 1June 6, 2022

    CCN – The Latest Updates, News, and Alerts on Combustible Cladding (Breaking News)
    Reaching more Players in the Cladding Industry


    NEWSMAKERS  * ALUCOBOND™ * Aluminium Cladding * ARCONIC * Blue Chip Group * Building Appeals Board (BAB) * Cladding Safety Victoria * CSV * CladdingTest * CCN * ExcelPlas * Fairview * Grenfell * Kingspan * NSW Government * OCN * Project Remediate * Ultracore IQ * VBA * Vitrabond® * William Roberts

    INDUSTRY NEWS

    Combustible Cladding Removal Costs and Uncertainties Causing Anxiety in Building Owners (ABC News)
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-04/combustible-cladding-removal-costs-anxiety-owners-research/101117858

    VIDEO: Five Years After Deadly Grenfell Tower Blaze ACT Government Accused of Dragging Feet on Combustible Cladding
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-03/five-years-after-deadly-grenfell-tower-blaze-act-gov-slow-to-act/13913336

    Libs Call for Target Date to Remove Combustible Cladding
    https://citynews.com.au/2022/libs-call-for-target-date-to-remove-combustible-cladding/

    UPDATED: Government Rejects Claims it’s Dragging its Feet Over Flammable Cladding
    https://the-riotact.com/why-is-the-government-taking-so-long-with-its-combustible-cladding-loan-scheme/563191

    Specific Cladding Used on Grenfell Banned on All New Buildings in England 5 Years After Tragedy
    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/specific-cladding-used-grenfell-tower-banned-all-new-buildings-england-five-years-after

    Government FINALLY Bans the Type of Cladding Used in Grenfell Tower from All New Buildings in England Five Years after it Contributed to the Deaths of 72 people in the Tragedy
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10880511/Government-FINALLY-bans-type-cladding-Grenfell-Tower-five-years-deaths-72-people.html

    Cladding Safety Victoria Hiring Project Officer for Program Delivery Residential Team (PDRT) 
    https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/project-officer-at-cladding-safety-victoria-3099896197

    VIC Government Seeking Cost Recovery Co-Ordinator (Salary $102K/a)
    Working as part of the Building Governance and Cladding Program Oversight Branch, we are responsible for leading the implementation of the cladding cost recovery and accountability strategy, through which the State will seek recourse from practitioners involved in the specification and installation of non-compliant cladding.
    https://www.seek.com.au/job/57198137?type=standout

    Congratulations to 285 Cladding Winners!
    https://www.docklandsnews.com.au/congratulations-to-285-cladding-winners

    The Intelligent Answer to Combustible Cladding Remediation
    Visually, ULTRACORE IQ intelligent non-combustible core panel looks the same as a traditional aluminium composite panel but with zero combustible core content !
    https://www.bluechipgroup.net.au/facade-cladding-perth/non-combustible-cladding-perth.html

    How Can the Building Appeals Board (BAB) Help with Your Cladding Problems?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU6R6wvUpdg

    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/

    MORE COMBUSTIBLE CLADDING NEWS

    Do You Have Any Cladding Industry News? – Get in Touch
    https://www.excelplas.com/contact-us/

    Want More Cladding News?
    https://www.claddingnews.com/


    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/

    Earlier Issues of This Newsletter Can Be Viewed Here:
    https://www.claddingtest.com/archives/

    Any news requests should be sent to john@excelplas.com
    To subscribe, visit https://www.claddingtest.com/subscribe/

    CCN is owned and operated by ExcelPlas Pty Ltd.  By subscribing to CCN you agree to receiving regular CCN newsletters as well as the CCN platform using your email contact details to enhance the performance and functionality of CCN and its analytics reports.  These email contact details allow CCN to track page views and create more targeted and relevant content.  CCN provides an unsubscribe link on the bottom of each CCN newsletter.

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