2018/08/10· Cladding Ban in NSW On 10 August 2018, the NSW Commissioner for Fair Trading issued a Building Product Use Ban in respect to aluminium composite panels ACP under the Building Products Safety Act 2017 NSW the Act. ...

2019/03/18· 2018 was a busy and eye-opening year for those working to resolve our aluminium composite panels ACP cladding risk but much remains to be resolved. Andre Mierzwa, Chief Engineer, FM Global Australia and New Zealand explains. It happened in a flash. The fire began on the 22nd floor at around 5am, and raced upwards, spreading fast. ACP cladding …

The ban also clearly demonstrates to insurance providers that the use of non-compliant external cladding products is not acceptable in Queensland. The ban applies through the new Queensland Development Code Part 2.5 – Use of external cladding QDC 2.5 .

2018/08/10· The ban commenced on 15 August 2018 and prohibits the use of such panels as external cladding if they have a core comprised of greater than 30% polyethylene. The ban now brings NSW into line with similar bans in Victoria

2019/07/16· Cladding Safety Victoria is also funding rectification works on hundreds of buildings found to have high-risk cladding to ensure that they are safe to occupy over the long term. Cladding Safety Victoria is also working closely with government departments and agencies to rectify government owned and occupied buildings.

2020/04/28· Regulating Victoria’s building industry is a shared responsibility reliant on co-operation, information sharing and accountability. Private building surveyors are primarily responsible for ensuring buildings are built in compliance with the building legislation, and they are safe, accessible and energy efficient.

2019/12/12· Victoria also wants to tighten the rules around further use of aluminium composite cladding and will push for a ban on the use of all ACP with a polyethylene component of greater than 7 per cent ...

On the 3rd of July, 2017, the Victorian Government established the Victorian Cladding Taskforce to investigate the extent of non-compliant external wall cladding on buildings in Victoria, and to make recommendations for improvements.

2018/11/06· Victoria has been at the forefront of responding to the risks associated with the use of combustible ACP cladding. It experienced the Lacrosse apartment fire in 2014 and proceedings by the apartment owners against the builder are

2018/03/09· Victoria will ban the use of flammable building cladding as part of its response to the fire that killed 71 people in London's Grenfell Tower last year. The ban will also include the aluminium ...

2019/07/24· Victoria became the first Australian state to start auditing high-rise buildings for the presence of combustible cladding following the Lacrosse building fire in 2014. A few years later, the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017 spurred Queensland, NSW, Tasmania, ACT and WA to put in place ongoing auditing processes.

2020/03/24· Cladding Information on the Victorian Statewide Cladding Audit and what’s involved in rectifying buildings. You can also find useful cladding resources and fire safety tips. Cladding Safety Victoria Cladding Safety Victoria ...

2018/03/15· The Victorian government has announced a ban on the use of aluminium cladding panels with a polyethylene core of more than 30 percent on high-rise multi-storeyed buildings in the state.

New cladding legislation could affect you Major legislative changes are coming in to combat the fire risk of cladding. These changes may affect your building. CHU is Australia’s leading Aluminium Composite Panels ACP ...

2018/08/29· On 15 August 2018 the Commissioner for Fair Trading banned the use of Aluminium Composite Panels ACP containing more than 30% polyethylene in any external cladding, external wall, external insulation, façade or rendered finish in residential buildings over two storeys and commercial buildings which are higher than …

2018/03/12· Victoria's new guidelines designed to discourage the use of polyethylene-core aluminium cladding on high-rise buildings have created confusion over buildings under construction. On the weekend ...

The ACP ban will prohibit the use of ACPs with a PE core greater than 30 per cent by mass as part of an external wall on all buildings. The ban will not apply to structures i.e. signs. Building and Plumbing Newsflash 568 New ...

On 18 August 2018, the Commissioner issued a ban on ACP with a core of more than 30% polyethylene by mass in any external cladding or related application for Type A and Type B buildings, under section 9 of the Act. The

It considers that a ban would not be pragmatic and would place unnecessary burden upon the Australian Border Force due to the difficulty in testing if cladding is combustible. Additionally, the sale and use of the PE core ACP

2018/09/25· The flammable type of cladding that caused the worst domestic blaze in Britain since World War II - and is now the focus of country-wide investigations - is aluminium composite panelling ACP ...

2019/02/11· Victoria is pushing for a national ban on the import of such panels and received in-principle agreement at the national building minister’s forum on Friday, subject to industry consultation.