The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) has formed an advisory panel to review fire safety regulations and certification processes relating to the cladding of buildings. The 13-member panel will ...

Only one fifth of glass produced globally is recycled glass The new technology is fire-safe, and offers many more benefits The product is a collaboration between RMIT and industry A Royal Melbourne ...

A new £100m civil service office had to be evacuated after a large piece of cladding fell from the top of the building. Staff ...

The Labour Party is pressuring the government to come to the aid of homeowners living in apartments wrapped in dangerous flammable material that was the cause of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. By ...

The latest round of high-rise fire disasters involving sub-par cladding materials serve to highlight the potential sustainability and efficiency advantages brought by better quality systems for ...

A local authority knew that cladding on an area of a building that caught fire last week was similar to that which contributed to the Grenfell Tower disaster. Nearly 300 people were evacuated from ...

Victoria, NSW, and Queensland have all taken steps to deal with flammable building cladding in high-rise constructions. Several States have started taking action to address the widespread use of ...

Ten years ago, a late-night cigarette started a fire that spread rapidly up 13 storeys on the Lacrosse apartment building in Melbourne. The November 24 fire caused more than A$5.7 million in damages, ...

Building owners in Victoria now have 15 years to commence taking legal action for cladding claims, after changes to the Building Act 1993 (Vic) passed by the Legislative Council received Royal Assent ...