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Home›News›Category: "Fire safety" (Page 2)
  • 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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  • DesignFire safetyNews
    By Sean Carroll
    January 12, 2021
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    Urban planner and designer recommends more tree canopies to reduce heat

    Hatch RobertsDay, an urban planning and design practice, has found that current environmental planning and engineering standards have unintentionally resulted in an unsustainable reduction in urban ...
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  • Business MattersDesignFire safetyNewsResearchSafety
    By Sean Carroll
    December 17, 2020
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    USG Boral committed to restoring confidence in the build quality of projects

    USG Boral has said it’s committed to working closely with the design and construction industry to restore confidence in the build quality of commercial and multi-residential ...
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  • Business MattersFire safetyNews
    By Sean Carroll
    November 26, 2020
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    Insurance, building standards for natural disasters under microscope at today’s round table

    Master Builders Australia and the Insurance Council of Australia are hosting a joint roundtable on the insurance and building standards and their resilience for natural disasters ...
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  • Fire safetyNews
    By Sean Carroll
    July 10, 2020
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    Principal fire safety engineer to boost VBA fire safety programs

    The Victorian Building Authority (VBA) has appointed respected fire engineer Dr. Weng Poh to the position of principal fire safety engineer to extend its fire safety ...
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  • Fire safetyNews
    By Staff Writer
    July 9, 2020
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    Maintaining fire safety equipment and systems in unoccupied buildings

    COVID-19 has had a far-reaching impact on businesses, which resulted in a mass shutdown of buildings and facilities considered ‘non-essential’. However, many people fail to realise ...
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    By Sean Carroll
    June 4, 2020
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    Bushfire building report prompts improvement action

    Building and Energy’s General Inspection Report Three – Bush fire building requirements in Western Australia evaluated work  carried out by building surveyors, bushfire consultants and builders ...
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  • Fire safetyNews
    By Sean Carroll
    May 25, 2020
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    Donated thermal imaging cameras to support RFS & CFA crews in Australia

    Following one of its most devastating fire seasons in the past six months, Australian emergency services were put to the test to contain the spread. One ...
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