- June 2022 Vol. 5
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-stagnantAodeli’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-squareGrenfell Tower fire: What has Changed Five Years On? – VIDEO
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mvMBaWJnZXcGrenfell Inquiry: Cladding “Same as Timber” Says Maker Arconic – VIDEO
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jGKlYoCwOnsSCA Calls for Continued Efforts to Address Cladding Dangers
https://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/sca-calls-for-continued-efforts-to-address-cladding-dangersThought Leaders Series: Non-combustible Façade Engineering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEH0RBZ7uxUACT 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/57886Is the Cost of Replacing Flammable Cladding Deductible in the Year it is Paid? | ATO
https://community.ato.gov.au/s/question/a0J9s000000MwQl/p-00186558Opinion: 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-displacementWest 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-76187Two Years After Grenfell fire, Tower Blocks in Newcastle and Gateshead Still Have Flammable Cladding
https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/nsw-cladding-remediation-remains-stagnantHigh-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-witnessCLADDING 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.aspxHow to Participate in the Vitrabond® Combustible Cladding Class Action
https://www.williamroberts.com.au/ArticleDocuments/333/NSD940.2019 – Notice.pdf.aspxRAPID 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
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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/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. 4
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/93xrMivlvEEyKtLGroups 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-groupAustralia’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-towerCladding 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-limitedCombustible 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.aspxHow to Participate in the Vitrabond® Combustible Cladding Class Action
https://www.williamroberts.com.au/ArticleDocuments/333/NSD940.2019 – Notice.pdf.aspxRAPID 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
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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/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. 3
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-vbaNSW 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-d489b3e53116Yet 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#pdfviewerCombustible 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.html5 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.htmlGrenfell 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-12633066Grenfell 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-24211134Congratulations to 300 Cladding Winners!
https://www.northwestcitynews.com.au/congratulations-to-300-cladding-winnersGrenfell 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-185040Pleasing 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-safetyCLADDING 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.aspxHow to Participate in the Vitrabond® Combustible Cladding Class Action
https://www.williamroberts.com.au/ArticleDocuments/333/NSD940.2019 – Notice.pdf.aspxRAPID 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
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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/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. 2
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#pdfviewerCombustible Cladding Still Present at Perth Hospitals, Unis and Schools
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/6oRrW97YYhUn2MO#pdfviewerFive Years After Grenfell Tragedy Perth Buildings Still Wrapped in Flammable Cladding
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/br0dqXH63ASDI5X#pdfviewerCorner-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-fsvrdzmsjThe 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-overAlmost 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-27195659Grenfell’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#pdfviewerI 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-grenfellFirms 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-banNew 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-limitedFire Safety – Extension of Combustible Cladding Ban
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/AsHDS9H29dFAVr3#pdfviewerOTHER 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-3104859916Cladding 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=standoutCladding Safety Victoria Seeking Cladding Program Coordinator (Salary +$125K/a)
https://jobs.careers.vic.gov.au/jobs/VG-CSV-C0078CLADDING 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.aspxHow to Participate in the Vitrabond® Combustible Cladding Class Action
https://www.williamroberts.com.au/ArticleDocuments/333/NSD940.2019 – Notice.pdf.aspxRAPID 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#pdfviewerCombustible Cladding Still Present at Perth Hospitals, Unis and Schools
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/6oRrW97YYhUn2MO#pdfviewerFive Years After Grenfell Tragedy Perth Buildings Still Wrapped in Flammable Cladding
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/br0dqXH63ASDI5X#pdfviewerCorner-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-fsvrdzmsjThe 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-overAlmost 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-27195659Grenfell’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#pdfviewerI 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-grenfellFirms 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-banNew 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-limitedFire Safety – Extension of Combustible Cladding Ban
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/AsHDS9H29dFAVr3#pdfviewerOTHER 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-3104859916Cladding 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=standoutCladding Safety Victoria Seeking Cladding Program Coordinator (Salary +$125K/a)
https://jobs.careers.vic.gov.au/jobs/VG-CSV-C0078CLADDING 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.aspxHow to Participate in the Vitrabond® Combustible Cladding Class Action
https://www.williamroberts.com.au/ArticleDocuments/333/NSD940.2019 – Notice.pdf.aspxRAPID 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
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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.
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- June 2022 Vol. 1
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/101117858VIDEO: 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/13913336Libs 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/563191Specific 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-afterGovernment 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.htmlCladding Safety Victoria Hiring Project Officer for Program Delivery Residential Team (PDRT)
https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/project-officer-at-cladding-safety-victoria-3099896197VIC 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=standoutCongratulations to 285 Cladding Winners!
https://www.docklandsnews.com.au/congratulations-to-285-cladding-winnersThe 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.htmlHow Can the Building Appeals Board (BAB) Help with Your Cladding Problems?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU6R6wvUpdgCLADDING 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.aspxHow to Participate in the Vitrabond® Combustible Cladding Class Action
https://www.williamroberts.com.au/ArticleDocuments/333/NSD940.2019 – Notice.pdf.aspxRAPID 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.
