Independent engineer, builder and surveyor George Cross said he agreed to approve the occupancy of the $250 million women’s centre following the discovery of the cladding only...
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RMIT’s latest is a building to navigate as well as to inhabit
RMIT University's city campus has developed a reputation for heroic contemporary architecture. In the early 1990s Edmond and Corrigan's Building 8 in Swanston Street shook up...
Alarm bells for strata owners as firefighters told to stay on sidelines
SCA chief executive Kim Henshaw said state and federal governments needed to get on board to tackle the issue before there was a repeat of the Lacrosse apartment fire in...
Four Corners Shows Need for Clerk of Works, Architects Say
Following the airing of Monday’s Four Corners program, which detailed a litany of problems with the building and construction sector, the Australian Institute of Architects has...
NSW imposes retrospective flammable cladding ban
The ban also applies to commercial office buildings, industrial buildings or retail buildings four storeys or more in height for Class A construction and three storeys or more in...
ASIC Targets Phoenix Companies in Construction Sector
The Australia Securities & Investment Commission has announced that it will crack down on phoenix activity in the construction industry, placing as many as eight large-scale...
How Can We Stop Dodgy Builders?
From India to Brazil to Egypt and in many other parts of the developing world, problems associated with ‘cowboy’ builders and dodgy and often illegal...
Faulty Construction Products Make Firefighting Difficult: MFP
In its submission to the Senate Committee into Non-Conforming Building Products, Victoria’s Metropolitan Fire Brigade and Emergency Services Board (MFB) said the risk created by...
Safety first as fireys boycott dangerous buildings
Melbourne’s Metropolitan Fire Brigade has opened a new front in the controversy over dangerous building materials that fail to comply with tough laws designed to protect...
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