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Concern about flammable cladding is creating technical and legal nightmares for apartment owners who are often ill equipped to deal with the regulatory and safety issues.

Costly and sometimes fatal fires in some of the world’s newest and tallest buildings have recently been stoked by highly combustible exterior claddings chosen for aesthetics, energy efficiency, weather-proofing and cost-effectiveness – not safety.

FM Global has released a new in-depth technical report which examines wall systems made of metal composite or aluminum. This report has proposed better testing protocols and comes off the back of the recently released FM Global White Paper on the Grenfell fire tragedy, recommending much-needed changes to industry building standards.