In brief - in the wake of the fire at the Lacrosse
building in Melbourne in November 2014, as well as the fire at the
Grenfell Tower in London in 2017, relevant authorities in NSW are
now at the stage of issuing "building product rectification
orders" to owners of buildings affected by combustible
cladding
Such orders, when issued, require building owners to take steps
to eliminate or minimise the safety risk posed by the use of a
banned building product on the building (i.e. combustible
cladding). It is well known that the relevant works (involving
project managers, engineering professionals, waste removal and
installation of new products) will be an expensive, complicated and
time consuming task.
