The Fifth Estate

CSIRO is closing its fire testing facility, and it means longer construction times and worse building safety

CSIRO will close down its North Ryde Fire Technology Laboratory in NSW once its lease expires in December, and the Housing ...
London Evening Standard

Grenfell Inquiry: Fire lab manager accepts ‘fundamental error’ on cladding test

Tony Baker, a fire resistance test laboratory manager at the Building Research Establishment (BRE), suggested there had been a “concerted effort” by insulation maker Celotex to conceal a ...
Digital Journal

Sixty high-rise building have now failed fire safety tests in UK

British officials are in the process of inspecting some 600 high-rise buildings across England in the aftermath of the June 14 fire that engulfed the Grenfell tower block, resulting in the deaths of ...
Sourceable

Builders raise alarm about fire testing lab closure

Australia’s construction industry is raising the alarm about the planned closure of a major testing laboratory in Sydney, ...