Innovative materials are teeing up to reshape residential construction, boosting performance, sustainability, and design ...

In evidence to inquiry, Anthony Burd denies there was a cover-up of the results of taxpayer-funded tests A senior official has admitted the government knew 15 years before the Grenfell Tower disaster ...

Thousands of apartment owners across Australia who thought they were safe from potentially deadly cladding fires now face millions of dollars in bills to remove and replace timber-based panels. In a ...

From a distance, today’s building innovations in cladding performance, aesthetics, and construction appear unconstrained and quite varied. Material mixing is creating newly expressive façades, and ...

Leaked test results suggest the government and construction industry had early evidence of the dangers posed by cladding, 13 years before the Grenfell Tower fire. Panels, commonly used on buildings in ...

THERE are claims the tragedy at Grenfell Tower could have been avoided if just a few dollars more was spent by the building’s owners. It has also emerged that the panels fitted during a controversial ...

Italian chemical and development group Acell (Milan, Italy) has already earned kudos in the construction composites industry with its innovative foam-cored sandwich panels for doors (click on “SMC ...