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From the early 1990s, aluminium quickly became a popular façade solution for creative architects and builders due to its wide range of colours, formability and strength. Particularly, aluminium composite panel (‘ACP’) was an attractive external façade solution because of its thermal resistance, acoustic measurements and relatively convenient mechanical properties.

Other attractions included the fact that ACP cladding in cassette only protrudes 30mm off the face of the structural wall and is much lighter and easier to cut than solid aluminium. But ACP has come under immense scrutiny due to its fire behaviour, particularly in high-rise residential developments such as the Glenfell Tower and Lacrosse Tower; two notable instances in recent years.

For a long time, the United States and Germany have used the product with extreme caution, given how flammable the polyethylene core (‘PE’) was and the danger it posed. Contrast this with the UAE, France, the UK and Australia, where cladding with combustible PE cores was unregulated and untested for much longer than fire-engineers and suppliers should have allowed. As a result, many buildings in these countries pose a fire threat to its occupants and those nearby.

Cladding Systems has been a proactive participate in multiple Australian Standard tests that include 1530.1, 1530.3 and 5113 full scale tests. We have also commissioned and tested full-scale façade elements at Ian Benny and Associates’ facility in Dandenong, Victoria; for structural and silhouette/waterproofing compliance.

We are proud to partner with BG&E and Inhabit Engineers to always deliver a cost-effective and more importantly, compliant façade design and solution.

What has the Government done?

Cladding Safety Victoria
A Victorian Government program allocated $550m to reduce the risk associated with combustible cladding on residential apartment buildings.

Victorian State-wide Audit
On behalf of the Victorian Government, the Victorian Building Authority (‘VBA’) has carried out over 2,200 building inspections to determine whether an ACP cladded building possesses a fire risk to its residents/tenants.

Advice for concerned building owners

1. Ask Cladding Safety Victoria for possible funding; then
2. Contact Cladding Systems about rectification works.

Advice for concerned tenants

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