Australian building owners face a bill that could run into billions of dollars to replace combustible cladding of the sort that fuelled the Grenfell Tower fire in the UK, which killed 72 people, as well as fires in Australia and overseas, write Simon Lockrey, senior lecturer/ research fellow, RMIT University and Trivess Moore, lecturer, RMIT University. […]
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The Australian Institute of Architects’ Victorian Chapter is calling for a heightened focus on reform in the wake of an apartment building fire in Melbourne CBD, which firefighters say has combustible cladding similar to the material used on London’s Grenfell Tower. The fire started on the 22nd floor balcony of the Neo200 apartment complex on 4 February at […]