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THE AUSSIE ALUMINIUM COMPOSITE PANELS (ACP) CLADDING CRISIS (PART II)
MELBOURNESpencer Street Tower, MelbournePhoto credit: The Age, SIMONE FOX KOOB PART II – HOW DO OWNERS HANDLE THEIR LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE EXISTENCE OF ACP ON THEIR BUILDINGS? Recently, the Lacrosse Tower fire of 2014 was in court. Judgement...
THE AUSSIE ALUMINIUM COMPOSITE PANELS (ACP) CLADDING CRISIS (PART I)
MELBOURNE, LACROSSE TOWERPHOTO CREDIT: ARCHITECTUREAU, Metropolitan Fire Brigade. PART I – HOW DID IT HAPPEN?ACP is popular all over the world. Notable known failures include: Lacrosse Tower, Melbourne in 2014 Dubai Hotel Fire (NYE) in 2016 Grenfell Tower,...
SIX KEY POINTS IN ANY PROPOSED CHANGES TO BUILDING REGULATION
140 Sussex Street, Sydney. Designed by Rickard Engineering in 1989. As good as new in 2019. I was interested to read the view of Lynda Kypriadakis (Australian Financial Review – 13 July 2019) regarding the suggestion that we should...
The Fall & Fall of the Australian Building Industry
CHAPTER 2: DEVELOPMENTS JANUARY-JUNE 2019 Recognising that there is a problem – Why did it take so long? • We now have two large residential tower projects which have caught the imagination of the Australian media and the Government....
ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS
Europe is leading the way, it’s time the rest of the world caught up! In light of the growing issue of global warming, a movement towards renewable energy sources and a goal to decrease CO2 emissions, the construction industry...
Can do, will do
Every company will nominate that they can design anything; very few companies can match the range of skills within the field of Civil and Structural Engineering that are offered by Rickard Engineering. Since 1984, the company has built its...
GRC (Glass Reinforced Concrete) is proving to be the most popular substitute for ACP (Aluminium Composite Panels)
Singapore ZOO, BIRD PARK WATERFALL Owner: Mandai Project Development A court case concerning a fire in 2014 at the Lacrosse building in Melbourne’s Docklands was recently settled on the 28 February 2019. This was the project in Australia that...
The Popularity of Cladding
Unless you’re an engineer, architect, tradesman, designer or somewhat involved in the field of development and construction, you probably aren’t too familiar with the term ‘cladding’ – not to worry you aren’t the only one, but from time to...
Current Structural and Civil Engineering Projects for Rickard Engineering
6 Isabel Avenue Vaucluse This is a new residential unit development by Rick Leavers, and architecture by Candalepas Associates with structural and civil design by Rickard Engineering. Demolition works are completed. Rock excavation is proceeding as both architect and...
Melbourne’s Monash University Gets a Facelift
BMPX (Brookfield Multiplex) won the contract to overhaul building B17 “Innovative Walk”. Gallery Commercial were awarded the contract to supply the GRC cladding for the project. The design is by Rickard Engineering with supply by Polysources from Guangdong, China....