In 2018, Australia’s regulatory mechanisms for building control and compliance remain fragmented by the federated landscape of individual state and territory jurisdictions. Sure, our National Construction Code (NCC) is national, but it is confined to technical provisions for construction of…
Product Compliance – the Confronting Reality
In November 2014 a fire raced up the side of a multi-storey apartment building in Melbourne’s Docklands. The fire, which was started by a discarded cigarette, was fuelled by cladding material that failed to meet the necessary standards for combustibility.…