While the Grenfell Tower and Lacrosse Building fires happened a few years ago, the National Construction Code (NCC) was updated in 2019 to provide new guidance on the required pathways to compliance for cladding products. This revision was made to ensure a clear understanding of which products were compliant to current Australian building standards. However, confusion still remains.
Opinion Vs Evidence
The continuing confusion over product compliance is often the result of opinion-based information that filters out to the industry and gets interpreted as fact. This information can sometimes go against the NCC or contradict it completely, which adds further confusion around the topic of cladding compliance.