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Star Casino Cladding Case
Star Entertainment Sydney v Buildcorp The Star Entertainment Sydney Properties Pty Ltd v Buildcorp Group Pty Ltd trading as Buildcorp Interiors [2026] NSWSC 27 was heard in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and concerned the use of aluminium composite panels (ACPs)...
Product Traceability
Product Traceability Fire Safety Compliance and Legal Protection Traceability is the ability to share information about a product or system along its supply chain and lifecycle, across production, distribution, installation and maintenance. The purpose is to ensure...
Fire Engineering & Electric Vehicles
Fire Engineering & Electric Vehicles Electric vehicles (EVs) are now a permanent part of the world we live in. Across Australia, certifiers and designers are increasingly being asked to approve EV charging infrastructure in residential buildings, commercial...
National Construction Code 2025
National Construction Code (NCC) 2025 The NCC 2025 is now available. This new edition includes changes to: Carpark fire safety: Sprinkler protection for open deck carparks (other than stand-alone open deck carparks) and reduced scenarios where concessions to fire...
Fire Engineering and Electric Vehicles
Buildings challenges associated with Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure Conference Recap By Christina Knorr, Fire Safety Expert and Expert Witness I recently had the privilege of speaking at an internal conference organised by a building certification company...
Behaviour of occupants during a fire
To design safe buildings, fire safety engineers must understand how occupants behave during a fire emergency. In simple terms, the time occupants take to evacuate to a place of safety must not exceed the time it takes for fire conditions to become untenable within the...
NCC clause J9D4 – EV charging
UPDATE: This article was originally written for NCC 2022. The NCC 2025 has removed the requirement for electric vehicle charging equipment in Class 2 buildings. The NCC clause J9D4 mandates that Class 2, 3, 5, 6, 7b, 8, and 9 building carparks must be equipped with...
Distinguished Engineer of the Year
What a way to close out the year! We are proud to announce that on Friday last week, at the Engineers Australia FNQ End of Year Showcase 2025, Christina was named the Distinguished Engineer of the Year. She stood alongside five talented men from across the region,...