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Flammable cladding must be urgently removed from Melbourne’s skyscrapers, says the engineer the British government turned to in the wake of the deadly Grenfell blaze.

Dame Judith Hackitt, who led the UK government inquiry into Britain’s Grenfell Tower fire, said a similar tragedy was “entirely foreseeable” in Australia and criticised

The 2019 NCC has now previewed to become effective in May, with a huge swath of changes being made across all sections. In terms of

Arup fire engineer Dr. Barbara Lane told the Grenfell Tower Inquiry that inadequate building regulations and the lack of a “Plan B” were largely to

Proctor Group Australia (PGA) and Dynamic Composite Technologies wanted to give a student at the audio and acoustics program at the University of Sydney the

The Australian Building Codes Board has finally published the findings of the October 2015 national condensation survey.

Incorporating Ventient shape memory alloy technology in a custom made device, Architectural Window Systems (AWS ) have recently launched the AWS Ventient state-of-the-art trickle ventilation

By bulk insulation this is insulation such as glass or mineral fibre, and rigid PIR and extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation which works by having material

va-Q-tec, the expert in energy saving thermal insulation solutions, was named in the 2014 Global Cleantech 100. Since 2009 the Global Cleantech 100 represents the

With the focus on the environmental and economical sustainability of new buildings, it can be easy to forget that most buildings exist to provide a

Where to put your insulation, vapour barriers and breather membranes

Understand and minimise the risk of condensation forming in your building projects.

When we think of this word images of that furry white patch that is growing from the month old pasta in the back of your

On the 11 August 2013, it was announced Team UOW as the winner of the Solar Decathlon China 2013 finals ahead of 19 other entries

Proctor Group Australia and CSR Bradford have signed an agreement appointing CSR Bradford as the exclusive Australian and New Zealand distributor of ProctorWrap High Performance

Proctor Group Australia sponsors Team UOW as they endeavour to build a net zero home for the international Solar Decathlon China competition.

Products including ProctorWrap vapour

Designed by Architectus, in association with Ingenhoven Architects in Germany, the sustainable office tower achieved the 6 Star Green Star Office Design V2 Certified Rating

Rain screens, while common in Europe and North America, have begun to emerge to a greater degree in discussions within the Australian architecture and design

Is it any wonder that heated indoor swimming pool roofs in Australia tend to have a very short life span and are a constant source

Not in reference to Top Gun, but the1983 film “Risky Business,” building science guru Joseph Lstiburek in his own inimitable style has this month published