Putting cladding to the blowtorch test | Architecture & Design
Leading Australian distributor of high-quality architectural cladding solutions Network Architectural has challenged insurers, government departments and agencies to take a closer look at one of the most pressing safety challenges in the industry. “It’s clear that some in the insurance industry have been steering Australian architects and designers towards a single class of cladding (solid aluminium) because they’ve missed the science. They’ve mistakenly ascribed higher fire risk to all composite panels, rather than to the polyethylene core material of some composite panels, which is ...
Source: architectureanddesign.com.au