fire safety

Owners Corporation Network proposes new e-bike, e-scooter rules to reduce fire risk in apartments

2024-01-15T14:52:49+11:00

Owners of e-bikes or e-scooters will not be allowed to charge their batteries inside their apartments under rules developed for strata schemes concerned about fire risk. OCN has drafted a model by-law on the management of e-bikes and e-scooters after a series of fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries.  Read the full article published on the ABC website here You can also listen to the ABC Morning Show interview here Related article [...]

Owners Corporation Network proposes new e-bike, e-scooter rules to reduce fire risk in apartments2024-01-15T14:52:49+11:00

Hundreds of buildings with cladding deemed low priority despite possible ‘unacceptable fire risk’

2022-04-20T11:13:40+10:00

The state government taskforce into dangerous flammable cladding has deemed more than 500 buildings a low priority, despite their facades potentially posing unacceptable fire risks. NSW Auditor-General Margaret Crawford made the finding in a review of reforms targeting unsafe cladding since the material supercharged London’s deadly Grenfell Tower fire tragedy in 2017. Crawford said identification of buildings in the immediate aftermath was hampered by a lack of building records, but found [...]

Hundreds of buildings with cladding deemed low priority despite possible ‘unacceptable fire risk’2022-04-20T11:13:40+10:00

Sydney Apartment Building Under Stop Work Order Due to Safety Concerns – Channel 7 News

2021-12-22T06:51:07+11:00

18 December 2021 Owners of a landmark apartment block in Sydney’s eastern suburbs face a long wait before they can move in after the NSW building watchdog ordered an immediate halt to their almost complete $50 million redevelopment. The watchdog has handed the owners of Skye, which overlooks Tamarama Beach, a stop-work notice and an order preventing them from moving in because fire sprinklers were not installed in seven of the [...]

Sydney Apartment Building Under Stop Work Order Due to Safety Concerns – Channel 7 News2021-12-22T06:51:07+11:00

Combustible cladding could become ACT’s ‘second Mr Fluffy’ without full audit

2021-07-29T13:03:44+10:00

21 July 2021 Sydney developer Toplace has agreed to be liable for any structural defects in its new Skyview towers complex for 20 years, in order to get buyers into their apartments. The agreement is the first of its kind and is expected to set a new benchmark of accountability for developers across the state. Dominic Gianni The Riotact.com > Read the full article here

Combustible cladding could become ACT’s ‘second Mr Fluffy’ without full audit2021-07-29T13:03:44+10:00

Only a small fraction of buildings with flammable cladding have been fixed, and owners are feeling the strain

2021-03-23T12:30:28+11:00

22 MARCH 2021 Australia has more than 3,400 buildings with flammable cladding. In Victoria alone, at least 71 of these buildings have been classified as “extreme risk” and another 368 as “high risk”. Despite the tragic evidence of the risks of cladding fires, rectification work had been completed on only 11 of these buildings by February 2021. The estimated cost of making these buildings safe is in the billions. State governments [...]

Only a small fraction of buildings with flammable cladding have been fixed, and owners are feeling the strain2021-03-23T12:30:28+11:00

NSW to Start Removing Flammable Cladding This Year

2021-02-26T08:52:01+11:00

15 FEBRUARY 2021 Construction on the first projects to start under a three-year program to remove combustible cladding from 225 high-risk apartment complexes in NSW will kick off around the middle of the year, the government in that state says. In an announcement last week, NSW Minister for Better Regulation Kevin Anderson unveiled details of the state’s cladding rectification scheme which was announced in last October’s budget. Labelled Project Remediate, the [...]

NSW to Start Removing Flammable Cladding This Year2021-02-26T08:52:01+11:00

NSW Stops Short of Paying for Cladding Rectification

2020-11-30T12:17:39+11:00

18 NOVEMBER 2020 Owners of buildings with flammable cladding in NSW will still need to pay tens of thousands of dollars per apartment to rectify their complexes after the NSW Government refused to Victoria’s lead in paying for flammable cladding to be rectified. Whilst the preference would be for the government to pay for the cost of remediation, Karen Stiles, Executive Officer for OCN welcomed both the announcement of the low [...]

NSW Stops Short of Paying for Cladding Rectification2020-11-30T12:17:39+11:00

Interest-free loans part of $1b program to fix NSW’s cladding crisis

2020-11-17T12:11:30+11:00

17 NOVEMBER 2020 Apartment owners forced to replace flammable cladding on high-risk buildings across NSW will be able to access interest-free loans as part of a $1 billion government program over the next three years aimed at helping to resolve the crisis. The program, which will be unveiled in the state budget on Tuesday, includes $139 million to establish and offer technical support to owners for the remediation of at-risk buildings. [...]

Interest-free loans part of $1b program to fix NSW’s cladding crisis2020-11-17T12:11:30+11:00
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