A tragedy in South Australia highlighted the fact that in the building industry, each specialist area tends to communicate to its own very limited field of participants and not to the broader group of consultants, contractors and other professionals. In this case, the Coroner made comments in relation to the way in which different participants in the building industry communicate or, rather, fail to communicate well.

Does your fitout guide sufficiently cover everything to ensure Passive Fire compliance?Most fitout guides may mention penetrations but rarely a path of pre-approval and compliance.

As certifiers we see so many non complying passive fire penetrations that are defective and require reworks or in some cases pull out and start again. This lack of planning is costing the construction industry unnecessarily.