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Builders fined for not keeping building surveyor in loop
Victorian builders have been penalised almost $50,000 for failing to notify building surveyors of the completion of mandatory notification stages of work, risking building safety and costly rectifications.
The Victorian Building Authority (VBA) has penalised and reprimanded sixteen practitioners in the past two months for not meeting their mandatory notification obligations under the Building Act 1993.
The VBA’s Director of Compliance and Enforcement, David Brockman, said that builders’ failure to notify meant that important construction stages could not be assessed to make sure key structural and safety requirements were met.
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Structural engineers claim building regulators have been slow to act, as new construction technology has allowed buildings to bend with the wind but wall and ceiling framing designs have not kept up.
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The combustible cladding that isnât dangerous
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Full cladding removal is not necessary in all buildings, one of the countryâs leading fire engineers says after a fire-spread test he conducted showed a Melbourne high-rise could stay safely inhabitable with about $40,000 worth of work instead of a $4 million replacement of all combustible panels.
The test Jonathan Barnett conducted on Monday showed fire was unlikely to jump between facade panels on a 24-storey Melbourne apartment tower, because a 1-metre-wide concrete layer separating the panels was sufficient to prevent the upwards spread of flame.
Flaming, not spreading: Engineer Jonathan Barnettâs fire test on a 4-metre-tall reconstructed building facade on Monday, watched by a technician.Â