Combustible Cladding Assessment DMA Engineers
COMBUSTIBLE CLADDING ASSESSMENTS

When it comes to managing your building’s cladding – exactly what are you responsible for under the new legislation?

Under the new Building and Other Legislation (cladding) Amendment 2018 (an amendment to Building Regulation 2006), the owners of certain types of private buildings in Queensland are now responsible for the combustible cladding assessment of their building façade.

The affected buildings are private buildings that meet the following criteria:

  • Development approval granted after 1 January 1994 and before 1 October 2018, and
  • Class 2 to 9 building classifications, as defined in the Building Code of Australia, and
  • Type A or B construction, as defined in the Building Code of Australia.

CONTACT US

Need help understanding and meeting your requirements under the cladding legislation? Call Koroush Keshavarz now on (07) 3839 3050, email koroush.keshavarz@dmaengineers.com.au or click below.

What do you need to do by when?

To undertake your review, you will need to complete the online building cladding checklist at the Safer Buildings website published by the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC).

Although the deadline to complete the combustible cladding checklist without penalty has now passed, all Queensland building owners still have an obligation to complete the checklist under Queensland legislation. All checklists should be submitted as soon as possible. Note that delays or a failure to complete the checklist and the associated obligations may attract penalties including fines up to $22,019.25.

There are three parts to the online checklist, and each contains a series of questions relating to the building being assessed.

  • Building owners were required to complete Part 1 (which related to the general building specifics). The system then determines, based on the responses to the questions, if a building met the above listed criteria for cladding assessment.
  • If it was determined that the building needed to proceed to Part 2 of the process, the building owner must then engage a Building Industry Professional (BIP) to help complete this.

During Part 1 or Part 2 of the process, if it’s deemed by the online system that the building does not need to progress further, the building will be exited from the process. The building owner will be required to submit a signed declaration online to complete the process.

  • If a building is required to proceed to Part 3 for a fire engineering assessment, the building owner must engage a qualified fire engineer and provide QBCC the engineer’s details. A Building Fire Safety Risk Assessment report must then be completed by the fire engineer.

Need some help? Our Fire Engineering team can help with part 3 of the process.

We can carry out inspections of buildings and, where required, organise sample collection of the cladding materials and send them for laboratory testing. We will prepare the required Building Fire Safety Risk Assessment report, detailing the cladding information and fire test outcomes, and the risk assessment carried out.

Our team will provide solutions that minimise building works or disruption to the building operation. As part of the process, we will liaise with the approving authority as well as the fire brigade (QFES) to reach a mutual agreement on the assessment approach and any proposed remedial building works.

When it comes to managing your building’s cladding, exactly what are you responsible for?
Find out your requirements, key dates and deadlines.

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Our Combustible Cladding Assessment Team
Chief Executive Officer
Principal Fire Safety Engineer

Our fire safety engineering team comprises of chartered RPEQ registered engineers who specialise in fire safety building solutions and have a deep understanding of the assessment methodologies associated with combustible cladding.

They are experienced in fire risk approach for addressing vertical fire spread via building façades.

Koroush Keshavarz has also completed the cladding fire safety specialist course, ‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’ with the University of Queensland.

Arthur Ting has extensive knowledge of building regulations and risk assessments to prepare building fire safety risk assessments.

Get in touch today to find out how you can get started

    Additional Resources

    In December 2018 we hosted an event on Queensland’s Safe Cladding legislation with guest speaker Philip Halton (Deputy Commissioner, QBCC) and panelists Sarah Hausler, Patrick Beckett, Mark Anderson and Koroush Keshavarz. Click on the image below to view a recording of the event:

    Further information on the Queensland combustible cladding review process is available at:

    The Safer Buildings Website

    Safer Buildings combustible cladding checklist ticks over to Part 2.

    Do you need to complete the Safer Buildings combustible cladding checklist?