Network Architectural specialises in supplying high-quality architectural cladding and building product solutions to architects and specifiers across Australia. With a focus on fire safety and compliance, durability, amazing finishes and a wide range of colours.
Leading Australian distributor of high-quality architectural cladding solutions Network Architectural has challenged insurers, government departments and agencies to take a closer look at one of the most pressing safety challenges in the industry.
“It’s clear that some in the insurance industry have been steering Australian architects and designers towards a single class of cladding (solid aluminium) because they’ve missed the science. They’ve mistakenly ascribed higher fire risk to all composite panels, rather than to the polyethylene core material of some composite panels, which is the real risk factor,” said Clint Gavin, Network’s national sales manager.
For example, ALPOLIC NC (manufactured by Mitsubishi in Japan) is a non-combustible mineral core (zero PE) cladding, which has outperformed 3mm solid aluminium in NATA-accredited AS5113 Large Scale Fire Tests.