State and federal governments in Australia have reacted to the Grenfell Tower fire disaster in London with calls for urgent safety checks into the use of non-fire resistant aluminium composite panel ...

ADELAIDE City Council has for the first time released a map of the 195 buildings identified as “of concern” in an audit prompted by the fatal Grenfell Tower fire building, as checks begin. It can also ...

In 2017 the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment investigated the use of aluminium-composite panels (ACP) on New Zealand buildings. To assist with that work, Wellington City Council has ...

SINGAPORE - There are now three manufacturers of external cladding panels - Alubond, Bolliya and Bolli-core FR - on the blacklist for failing local fire safety tests. When Alubond was first singled ...

“Four Corners,” the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s flagship television current affairs program, last week screened a disturbing exposure of the widespread use of flammable cladding in Australia ...

A raging fire that consumed a luxury skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates on New Year’s Eve is raising concerns about the safety of a number of ultra-high towers that have come to define ...

UAE-based Metal Plast Industries, a fully-owned subsidiary of the diversified multinational business conglomerate Mulk Holdings International, has successfully developed A1 grade fire-rated core and a ...