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Canberra Airport has highly combustible cladding

Michael Bleby
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Canberra Airport, through which Australia’s political leaders and diplomats pass as they travel in and out of the nation’s capital, is built with 24,000 square metres of the most combustible form of aluminium cladding, similar to that used on London’s Grenfell and Melbourne’s Lacrosse buildings.

The terminal building itself has about 8000 square metres of the Vitrabond aluminium composite panels with a 100 per cent polyethylene-core and the adjacent car parks account for the rest.

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Michael Bleby covers commercial and residential property, with a focus on housing and finance, construction, design & architecture. He also dabbles in the business of sport. Michael is based in Melbourne. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at mbleby@afr.com

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