External Composite Wall Panel Systems - Selection

External Composite Wall Cladding Systems in this section are various lightweight solutions including: ACP (Aluminium Composite Panels) Also known as ACM (aluminium composite material) - there are 3 types: • Honeycomb core (non-combustible) (eg...

With so many possible combinations of scenarios and solutions for external walls – it’s important to understand the selection process for a compliant system. This section will only deal with the panel selection based on combustibility criteria – pa...

3.1 The ABCB advisory note at the back of this document describes the differences and impact on selection. 3.2 The CSIRO reference document provides similar clarity (extracts below): 2 External wall or attachment? F...

4.1 In addition to the correct selection of the cladding system to be used, any attachments to the cladding such as; • Signage • Green walls/vegetation • Sunscreens • Feature Structures • Downpipes 4.2 These attachments are required to ...

In summary, for current NCC compliance: • Use the cladding selection guidelines in the HB Doc Library (as attached to document below). • Know what fire resistance standard you need to comply with (TYPE A/B/C) - determine if the requirement is for...

The upcoming proposed amendment to the NCC (likely March 2018) will incorporate robust changes to the above and require the performance of external walls to meet the new AS 5113 (released 2016 but not called up in the NCC yet) which is the full scal...

(Provided by Omnii Fire Engineering)

EXTERNAL WALL CLADDING SELECTION METHODOLOGY The below methodology is to be used as a management tool to establish the compliance of cladding products/systems. All cladding products must be reviewed as per this document and approval PRIOR to placi...

The use of compliant building products plays an important role in the safety of buildings and their occupants in Queenslan. The National Construction Code (NCC) sets out the building performance requirements to be met for each class of building...

Background As its meeting on 19 February 2016, the Building Ministers' Forum agreed to the development and implementation of a range of measures to help address risks associated with high risk cladding products on high rise buildings. Thi...

NCC Part C – clause C1.12 Australian Standards 1530.1 Combustibility 1530.2 Flammability index* (*for sarking materials in TYPE C construction only) 1530.3 Methods for fire tests on building materials 5113 Fire propagation and classifica...