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    By San Williams
    November 6, 2023
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    UNSW Sydney develops first fire-retardant paint for extreme fire protection

    UNSW Sydney engineers have developed the first fire-retardant paint to pass a stringent Australian standard test that simulates a bushfire attack. The paint, now on sale ...
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  • Fire safetyNews
    By San Williams
    October 17, 2023
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    Defective fire safety systems revealed during NSW Fair Trading blitz

    NSW Fair Trading officers have discovered more than half of the 21 building sites recently audited for fire safety standards across Sydney and Wollongong had defective ...
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    By San Williams
    June 21, 2023
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    Industry, government and statutory bodies come together for welder safety

    Industry, government and statutory bodies have come together to improve welder safety, ensuring that appropriate strategies are in place to reduce welder exposure to fumes and ...
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    By Sean Carroll
    March 17, 2023
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    Vinyl Council to hold intensive fire behaviour course

    The Vinyl Council of Australia (VCA) has secured world-renowned fire expert Professor Richard Hull, Professor of Chemistry and Fire Science from the School of Natural Sciences, ...
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    By Staff Writer
    May 12, 2022
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    Final wake up call for construction industry before major fire safety changes

    With recent tragedies such as the Grenfell Tower fire in London and Lacrosse tower fire in Melbourne, fire safety in the construction industry has become a ...
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  • Fire safetyNewsSustainability
    By Sean Carroll
    September 14, 2021
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    VBA, RMIT researching fire risks with solar panels on facades of multi-storey buildings

    The Victorian Building Authority (VBA) is supporting researchers at RMIT University to better understand the fire safety risks associated with the installation of solar panels on ...
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  • Fire safetyNews
    By Sean Carroll
    September 7, 2021
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    Milan mayor likens tower block fire to Grenfell

    Milan mayor has compared a fire that recently engulfed a 20-storey building to the Grenfell Tower blaze in London four years ago. Nobody was killed in ...
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  • Fire safetyMaterialNewsSafety
    By Sean Carroll
    June 22, 2021
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    VCA calls for reassessment of uPVC window frames in NCC 2022

    The Vinyl Council of Australia (VCA) is pressing the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) to exempt uPVC window frames and sashes from non-combustibility requirements in the ...
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  • Business MattersFire safetyNewsPrefabrication
    By Sean Carroll
    May 10, 2021
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    VBA enforcing state-wide cladding audit

    The Victorian Building Authority (VBA), through a state-wide cladding audit, has linked dozens of building practitioners to 790 properties for unsafe, non-compliant combustible cladding. The audit ...
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  • Business MattersFire safetyNewsSafety
    By Sean Carroll
    February 1, 2021
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    Vic gov bans high-risk cladding for new multi-storey buildings

    The Victorian Government has introduced a world-first ban on cladding deemed to be high risk in an effort to reduce fire hazards. When announcing the aluminium ...
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