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Glazed curtain walls with SEFAR fabric installed at University of Sydney building

form and function on every building project. AG&C’s suite of glass and façade systems combines aesthetics with high performance to deliver solutions that meet the brief for sun control, noise insulation, thermal properties, energy savings...

Architectural Glass & Cladding

Improving a building’s acoustics with the right flooring

Several factors are taken into consideration when deciding the materials palette for a building’s interiors during new builds or refurbishments. Several factors are taken into consideration when deciding the materials palette for a building’s...

Altro Flooring and Walling

Altro XpressLay meets challenging timeframe for temporary COVID clinic

was installed at a temporary COVID-19 clinic in Canberra within a challenging timeframe. The rising number of COVID-19 cases necessitated the building of several temporary clinics to keep up with testing and treatment requirements. For the COVID...

Altro Flooring and Walling

Understanding the changes to AS/NZS 4859.1 and Section J of NCC 2019

(Section J), came into effect on 1 May, 2020. The updated Section J lays out more rigorous requirements for the energy efficiency of new buildings. Aged/ Long Term R-values DCTech welcomes these changes to Section J and the revision of the AS/NZS 4859...

Dynamic Composite Technologies

Powerfloor+ offering an affordable and lighter alternative to concrete flooring

suspended floors on sloping sites. The vertical expansion of Owen Dixon Chambers West in Melbourne featured Hebel Powerfloor+ on the additional floors to the building. Designed by Gray Puksand and built by Kane Constructions, the building...

Hebel

3 Havwoods timber flooring products meet ‘bespoke’ brief for upscale apartments

Three timber flooring products from Havwoods were selected by the designers working on a boutique apartment project in Cronulla, New South Wales. Three timber flooring products from Havwoods were selected by the designers working on a boutique...

Havwoods

Greater design flexibility with new generation of fire protection coatings

healthcare developments. The FIRETEX range of fire protection coatings has been utilised on landmark construction and engineering developments such as London’s The Shard, The Brunel Building and the Leadenhall Building, and Azerbaijan’s Flame...

Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine

Get the Hamptons look on your home with Stoneface masonry blocks

the residential building emphasising the luxurious feel. The natural stone finish of the StoneFace block wall system provides the perfect outline to the surrounding landscape, highlighting the open spaces and freshly manicured yard. These masonry...

Baines Masonry Blocks

Breakthrough solution in passive fire protection saving lives and assets

. Depending on the type of exposure, FIRETEX FX6002 can be applied without a primer and topcoat, helping optimise project costs. Bob Glendenning, Global Fire Engineering Manager for Sherwin-Williams, describes the FIRETEX FX6002 as a game...

Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine

New Somersby manufacturing facility to double Hebel’s production capacity

manufacturing facility in Somersby on the NSW Central Coast. The new $75 million state-of-the-art facility, which opened in October 2019, will enable Hebel to double its current capacity and meet the growing market demand for its quality building products and...

Hebel

Daylight filled interiors assist patient care at Viridian wrapped Berwick hospital

repeated as a picture frame around an intricate mosaic of clear glass and green-blue, colour-backed Viridian Seraphic glass panels. The horizontality of the building is book-ended on both ends by twin dark-charcoal precast stairs, with a slit of vertical...

Viridian Glass

Tasmanian Timber’s Quality Assurance Program delivers confidence

Tasmanian Timber’s Quality Assurance Program is a rigorous auditing system that ensures that their product performs consistently. Materiality is an extremely important element of building projects. A great deal of thought goes into preparing the...

Tasmanian Timber

Tiled roofs trending in Hamptons-style acreage homes

This classic American home design has been successfully adapted by the Queensland-based family-owned building company DRHomes on their acreage properties. The Hamptons look continues to be immensely popular amongst Australian homeowners with its...

Monier Roofing

Can green building design deliver on its promise?

By 2030, an additional billion people will be living in cities which will drive demand for more than 150 billion meters of new building with an associated embodied carbon footprint of over 347 billion TCO2. Buildings are our most important store of...

The Footprint Company

ReFORM formwork specified for Karuah’s Lionel Morten Oval

Council, the Australian Government’s Move it Fund and the Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund. Construction work on the modern sports facility is almost complete. The project involved demolishing the existing amenities building and replacing it...

ZEGO Building Systems

Fire safety and moisture management in building façades

weatherproofing barriers. The Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017 and Melbourne Lacrosse building fire in 2014 put a spotlight on Australia’s cladding industry, which was discovered to be rife with non-compliant combustible cladding. Amendments have since been...

Promat Australia

The unintended health risks of lead-free plumbing products

The move to stainless steel plumbing products could have unintended health risks from bacteria that could easily adhere to such systems. With state and federal building authorities rushing to mandate lead-free plumbing products, one of...

Enware Australia

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4 creative ideas for placing your TV and Escea fire together

Space-saving door solutions for small area applications

Custom PVC gutters at building sites minimising water aggregation

Glazed curtain walls with SEFAR fabric installed at University of Sydney building

Improving a building’s acoustics with the right flooring

Altro XpressLay meets challenging timeframe for temporary COVID clinic

Understanding the changes to AS/NZS 4859.1 and Section J of NCC 2019

Powerfloor+ offering an affordable and lighter alternative to concrete flooring

3 Havwoods timber flooring products meet ‘bespoke’ brief for upscale apartments

Greater design flexibility with new generation of fire protection coatings

Get the Hamptons look on your home with Stoneface masonry blocks

Breakthrough solution in passive fire protection saving lives and assets

New Somersby manufacturing facility to double Hebel’s production capacity

Daylight filled interiors assist patient care at Viridian wrapped Berwick hospital

Tasmanian Timber’s Quality Assurance Program delivers confidence

Tiled roofs trending in Hamptons-style acreage homes

Can green building design deliver on its promise?

ReFORM formwork specified for Karuah’s Lionel Morten Oval

Fire safety and moisture management in building façades

The unintended health risks of lead-free plumbing products