Fire Safety Engineering – Peer Review

Fire Safety Engineering – Peer Review

What Happens When a Fire Safety Engineer Peer Reviews a Design? A peer review is more than a second set of eyes. Fire engineering designs can involve complex assumptions, calculations, modelling and engineering judgement. An independent review provides an opportunity...
Common Failures in Building Litigation Matters

Common Failures in Building Litigation Matters

Through our fire safety expert witness work, we’ve noticed the same issues arise time and again across building litigation matters. One of the most common involves product substitution. A specified product may become unavailable, too expensive or subject to long...
Fire Safety Performance Gaps

Fire Safety Performance Gaps

A building can be compliant when it’s completed—but is it still performing as originally designed years later? A fire safety performance gap can develop when building alterations, maintenance or renovations change the way fire safety systems perform without...
Federal Court Dismisses Alucobond ACP Class Action

Federal Court Dismisses Alucobond ACP Class Action

On 27 March 2026, the Federal Court of Australia handed down its judgment in the matter of The Owners – Strata Plan No 87231 v 3A Composites GmbH (No 10) [2026] FCA 351. This significant class action revolved around two aluminium composite panel (ACP) products –...
Large-scale BESS Facilities – FRNSW Update

Large-scale BESS Facilities – FRNSW Update

Are you concerned about large-scale lithium-ion battery storage facilities being developed near your community? Earlier this year, Fire and Rescue NSW updated their large-scale external lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS) technical information sheet,...