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A news article from the ABC on Flammable Cladding on Government Buildings. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-17/government-building-recladding-to-cost-tens-of-millions-qld/9768976  

This Building Product Safety Alert warns building practitioners about the potential fire risks associated with the non-compliant use of Aluminium Composite Panels (ACP) and expanded polystyrene (EPS) products when used as external wall cladding and provides information on the Ministerial Guideline restricting the use of these products. See the following linked PDF issued by the … Read more

The Bill is the latest in a series of steps taken nationally in a response to both the Port Melbourne “Lacrosse fire” in Victoria and the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in London. This bill is similar in its intent to the QLD Non-Conforming building products regulations. Source: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/bills/Pages/bill-details.aspx?pk=3471  

The Andrews Labor Government will ban the most dangerous types of combustible cladding from being used on Victorian buildings. Minister for Planning Richard Wynne today released new ministerial guidelines to building surveyors – a key recommendation of the Victorian Cladding Taskforce – which focuses on buildings where people sleep or gather. Aluminium Cladding Panels with … Read more

A Sydney based company and its director have entered into an enforceable undertaking with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), for alleged breaches of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). Between 2 July 2015 and 20 January 2016, Peter Jones, director of Fire Combat Australia Pty Ltd (which previously traded as Modakboard), imported and sold fire-resistant … Read more

Please see the below PDF for ABCB Discussion Paper on WaterMark Titled: Feasibility of Point of Sale Regulation for the WaterMark Certification Scheme WaterMark_Point_of_Sale_Discussion_Paper.pdf  

Please see the below PDF files for the latest ABCB direction on the WaterMark Certification Scheme titled, Transition timeframe for certification of products formerly excluded from the WaterMark Certification Scheme. 2017-5.0-NoD-Transition_time_for_products_formerly_excluded.pdf WaterMark-Schedule-of-Products.pdf WaterMark-Schedule-of-Excluded-products.pdf  

R21 – Risk Assessment Notice.pdf Product Assessed: – Recirculating Shower Assessment The WaterMark Administration advises that it has undertaken a review of potential risks associated with a new/innovative product. The product is a shower device which recirculates the shower waste water for re-use while the shower is in use. The WaterMark Administration verifies that the … Read more

In the HIA’s November 2017 issue of Housing magazine p47 has an article on cost-competitive concrete. The product mentioned is MaxiWall (AAC) by Big River Group. This product is CodeMark Certificate accredited by CertMark International. You can find their CodeMark Certificate and Installation manual on our certificate register at the following link. https://register.certmark.org/register-search/?gv_search=CM40185 HIA Housing … Read more

In the HIA’s November 2017 issue of Housing magazine p14 has an article on Product quality. Of particular note in this article is that following the senate inquiry into non-conforming building products, Senator Nick Xenophon introduced a bill seeking to ban the importation of PE-cored ACPs into Australia. https://hia.com.au/housing Direct link to the page mentioned … Read more

The Australian Building Codes Board now has a new Chair. To read more click the following link http://www.abcb.gov.au/Connect/Articles/2017/11/Introducing-the-new-Chair-of-the-ABCB  

The HIA has recently published a very informative  Information sheet REF LEG 17-05 NEW LAWS REGARDING BUILDING PRODUCTS (QLD). CMI strongly recommends that any person engaged in Product Design,  Manufacture , Importation , Supply or Installation study this document as well as obtaining a copy of the new laws.

R20 – Risk Assessment Notice.pdf Product Assessed: – Flushing Sink Assessment The WaterMark Administration advises it has reviewed a risk assessment submitted for the above mentioned product. The product incorporates a sink with integrated flushing rim to discharge waste to the sanitary drainage system. The WaterMark Administration verifies that the risk assessment for the flushing … Read more

See link below for an excerpt of the Timber Preservers association of Australia September newsletter article of CodeMark Certified product, Hynes Timbers T3Green Plus. PDF excerpt

It is great pleasure that we can announce that the review into the WaterMark Scheme has concluded with consolidated Scheme Rules to be known as the Manual for the WaterMark Certification Scheme. This Manual will come in affect from the 1st of August 2017.   A Notice of Direction called ‘Improved WaterMark Certification Scheme Transition … Read more

Finding safe solutions to the non-compliant use of ACM cladding is currently a primary focus of industry regulators and businesses. Fairview keenly supports this drive, and has several updates below, which may help find effective answers to critical problems. We hope you find this informative and useful. CertMark initiative Fairview – in partnership with CertMart … Read more

Combustible Facades CMI, in consultation with the Society of Fire Safety and leading Fire Safety Engineers have discussed the recent issues of combustible facades. From these discussions, a number of issues have been raised in relation to the nature of wall systems which may contain multiple combustible elements such as insulation, weatherproofing or decorative cladding. … Read more

Updated Schedules Please be advised the WaterMark Schedule of Specifications and the WaterMark Schedule of Products have been updated. Note the Schedule of Products replaces the Schedule of Specifications from 1 July 2017. Changes to both Schedules include: listing of the recently adopted AS 4032.4 Thermostatically controlled taps for the control of heated water supply … Read more

CMI’s Process on Technical and/or External Advice. Recently, CMI has received a number of queries which require the expertise of our suitably qualified external consultants. CMI is being asked to validate Certifications, Product Quality Plans and/or Installation Manuals, advise specific fitness for purpose of product, contact Customers, Building Certifiers, Councils and other interested parties on … Read more

ABCB has notified CMI this morning to advise that the improved WaterMark Product Database has been launched. The public user version of the database is accessible from the existing location on the ABCB website at http://www.abcb.gov.au/Product-Certification/WaterMark-Certification-Scheme/WMPD-Search For reference, a short video has been published on How to use the public version of the WaterMark Database