Australia: Sydney response to Grenfell tower blaze

WOBO notes the current situation in Sydney. More than 100 apartment and ­office buildings in the City of Sydney have been classified as at “high risk” of fire because of flammable cladding, as the NSW government fails to fulfil a promise to help homeowners remove...

Australia: Victorian Government bans high-risk cladding for new multi-storey buildings in ‘world first’

WOBO recognises the issues related to building products and their inclusion within the construction process and notes Victoria’s reaction. February saw the Victorian State Government’s prohibition of high risk external wall cladding products come into force. Victoria’s Minister for Planning, Richard Wynne, announced that flammable...

Presidents page – Governors January 2021

The Governors provide an update for January 2021 in the activities of WOBO within the global context. The goals of WOBO can be supported through the promotion, development and delivery of Building Codes, Regulations and Standards. Communications should be addressed to the WOBO Secretariat; mdabdoub@wobo-un.org...

OSHA’s new leadership

WOBO has been advised by the United States Department of Labor in respect of OSHA’s new leadership.     James Frederick Deputy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health James Frederick has worked in safety and health for three decades, including twenty-five years with the...

Fire Risk – a ROCKWOOL® Solution

WOBO members and fellow professionals have the opportunity to download a technical publication from ROCKWOOL® Introduction The concept of the roof as the fifth façade, to highlight the increasingly important role it plays in the overall architectural design of the building, has gained traction in recent...

New CROSS website launches in March

WOBO has been provided with a revised link to the CROSS website and structural papers. New CROSS website launches in March Over the last year we have been working on a project to improve CROSS. In the first half of 2020, this involved doing user...

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