Aluminium composite material cladding with a fire-retardant polyethylene filler and phenolic foam insulation has failed fire tests conducted by BRE. The tests have also identified 22 buildings over 18 ...

It took just 90 minutes for fire to race up 20 storeys of the Grenfell Tower in June 2017, killing 72 people. Last month, a cigarette sparked a blaze that quickly jumped five floors of Melbourne's ...

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WINCHESTER, Va., Jan. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trex Company, the world’s largest manufacturer of high-performance, wood-alternative decking and railing, and leader in low-maintenance outdoor ...

London, UK, Jan. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UK-based online building materials retailer Build4Less.co.uk has announced the expansion of its composite cladding and composite decking ranges. According ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Following a deadly residential tower fire in London, Australian authorities have been told an audit of high-rise buildings with cladding ...

Front view of the Ferrari Experience building, with car hood shaped entrance. (Photo credit: Scott Bader). The Ferrari Land theme park in Spain was officially opened to the public on April 7, which ...

More than a decade before the deadly Grenfell tower fire in London, Australian suppliers of aluminium composite cladding knew the product they were selling with a polyethylene (PE) core was highly ...

Flammable cladding and strong winds helped a blaze spread across an apartment building after a balcony's light fitting caught fire, investigators have concluded. Nearly 300 residents were evacuated ...

Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke out on June 14, 2017, the UK government has announced plans to ban the type of cladding used to cover the external ...