The establishment of Cladding Safety Victoria (CSV) by the Victorian Government is a world-leading initiative. The $600 million program is making Victorians safer by reducing the risk associated with combustible cladding on residential apartment buildings across the state.
The program has also provided a unique opportunity to examine the performance of external wall systems behind the external layer of cladding. CSV has compiled a significant body of data obtained through the program that highlights extensive non-cladding defects, that must be funded by owners.
As of May 2023, of the 359 buildings funded by CSV which have combustible cladding, nearly 50 per cent have non-cladding defects (i.e., structural, fixing and sealing, water ingress), and of these nearly 80 per cent were identified to have water/moisture related structural damage, which are indicators of the presence of mould.
This is more extensively covered in CSV’s research analysis below.
Research analysis
Cladding Safety Victoria has published a research analysis with findings relating to building defects other than cladding, including photographs of various defects found.
Download a copy of the full report published by Cladding Safety Victoria below.
Video case studies
Watch this video below which shows a range of non-cladding related building defects in a complex building in Cladding Safety Victoria’s program.
Watch a video below of the experience of one building in dealing with non-cladding building defects. This building had cladding rectified as part of Cladding Safety Victoria’s program and through this process, additional building defects were found, which were funded by owners.
The video below shows a range of non-cladding related building defects in some of the most complex buildings in Cladding Safety Victoria’s program.
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