Safer Buildings Group offers capable building industry professionals and experienced fire engineers who are able to provide an understanding of the risks and safety concerns associated with the use of moderate to highly combustible cladding. By quantifying these risks, building owners can then make informed decisions about whether replacement or mitigation strategies are necessary to protect and safeguard their property investments.
Our services range from an initial building inspection, through to building remediation completion and final handover. And we provide the necessary technical coordination and project support services to ensure successful outcomes time after time.
Have a look at the services we offer and how we can add value, then let’s talk.
Building Inspection
We offer confirmation of the building construction type (in accordance with the Building Code of Australia), review design, construction and approval information, plus inspect the building to determine whether potentially combustible cladding has been used on the external facade. We then complete the building industry professional statement about whether or not the building may be an affected private building, thereby ensuring building owners meet their regulatory requirements.
Building Fire Safety Risk Assessment
Our fire engineering evaluation assesses aspects of your building’s external facade such as the approval pathway, relevance to external fire spread considerations and compatibility with the building’s fire strategy. Using this information, plus test data from the cladding material, we provide a building fire safety risk assessment report. We then complete the fire engineer statement required for building owners to fulfil their regulatory requirements.
Sampling and Combustibility Testing
We can determine the chemical composition and indicative fire performance for any cladding materials used on a building’s external facade. This process involves identifying and collecting cladding material samples, followed by combustibility testing. Test results are used to assess if the fire performance of the external facade will negatively impact the buildings fire strategy, and for making appropriate recommendations in the building fire safety risk assessment report.
Cladding Remediation Management
We will provide expert construction Project Management for the duration of cladding replacement or remediation works. Our teams have extensive experience working on existing buildings, with tenants’ in-situ. We well know the challenges and risks this can present and we advise building owners practical options and help identify steps which will minimise the extent of disruption from building works.
Building Cladding Appraisal
We offer independent pre-purchase inspections for a building’s external facade. This process ensures you as a property purchaser or tenant are able to make a sound decision concerning the building’s suitability.
Non-Conforming Cladding Advisory
We are able to liaise directly with a building owners’ legal or insurance advisers/brokers to validate the use of non-conforming external cladding materials and to confirm the extent of coverage on a building’s external facade. Advice is also available in respect to containment, replacement and any remedial work measures that may be necessary.