The cladding crisis that has plagued the construction industry shows no signs of slowing down with more discoveries of flammable cladding on apartment buildings emerging. Now experts fear the cost of ...

Dangerous cladding which was responsible for a number of apartment fires in Melbourne’s CBD will now be banned from buildings in Victoria. The new rules will come into effect on Monday and mean ...

The bizarre feud has raised serious questions about the agency’s role in surveying and identifying cladding. The complaints do not relate to Cladding Safety Victoria’s ongoing rectification works, but ...

Premier Daniel Andrews fears lives could be lost if the federal government doesn’t help resolve Victoria’s cladding crisis, after the Sunday Herald Sun revealed that counterfeit cladding had been ...

It comes amid fears repairs could be delayed as insurance hikes drive building surveyors and fire safety engineers out of business. Premiums have gone up as much as 400 per cent. Planning Minister ...

Crown Melbourne has taken legal action against a group of architects, engineers and consultants after it was forced to undertake costly aluminium cladding rectification works on one of its luxury ...

An investigation into combustible cladding has identified 19 buildings in the Geelong and Surf Coast region containing the flammable material. But the Victorian Building Authority is keeping their ...

FLAMMABLE cladding will be outlawed in the bid to keep high-rise residents safe in Victoria, according to the state government. Minister for Planning Richard Wynne announced the changes for building ...

More properties across Greater Geelong and the Surf Coast have been found to contain combustible cladding, as the Kardinia Park Stadium Trust reveals works to remove to dangerous material from ...