Thursday, 4 February 2021, 8:58 am
In a move to reduce the risk of fire, the Victorian
Government in Australia has banned the use of certain
external wall cladding products – should New Zealand
follow suit?
The Victorian government has revealed a
new amendment to the state’s building code which will
prohibit the use of certain external wall cladding products
in the construction of multi-storey buildings.
Under
the new declaration announced by planning minister Richard
Wynne, aluminium composite panels with a core of less than
93 per cent inert mineral filler and expanded polystyrene
products used in an external insulation will be
banned.
The changes, which will come into effect on 1