The small Bavarian city of Regensburg, like other urban areas in southern Germany, engaged in a postwar building boom, which continued into the 1960s, to house the city’s growing industrial workforce.

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 ...

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) has formed an advisory panel to review fire safety regulations and certification processes relating to the cladding of buildings. The 13-member panel will ...

SINGAPORE - A review panel has been set up as part of an ongoing probe into how safe the external panels used on buildings here are in the event of a fire. The panel will support the review of ...

THE State Government has moved to ban potentially deadly aluminium composite panel cladding on many buildings, as investigations continue into whether the Launceston General Hospital contains the ...

Cladding is an essential element in architecture, combining functionality, technology, and aesthetics to protect and enhance buildings. Among the various materials available, such as stone, wood, and ...

The use of cladding on the Grenfell Tower was “wholly unorthodox” and it would therefore be “wrong and unfair” to hold the manufacturer responsible for the 2017 fire, an inquiry heard on Tuesday.

The Grenfell Centre office tower on Grenfell St, otherwise known as the “black stump”, was among hundreds of buildings identified as having aluminium composite panels (ACP) following a statewide audit ...

As the costs involved in replacing aluminium composite material cladding systems continue to escalate, Gavin Hoccom, senior associate at Berry Smith, considers the implications for construction ...