Geelong Indy - 15th September 2017

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Friday 15 September 2017

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Simonds Stadium fire risk

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By Luke Voogt Fears of flammable cladding in Simonds Stadium’s eastern stand have led the ground’s trust to launch an investigation this week. The Indy recently received a tip off from an industry source that the stand contained flammable cladding, which could put crowds at risk in the 6000-capacity stand. But the company that built the stand during 2003 and 2005, Kane Constructions, refused to comment on the matter despite multiple Indy inquiries. A spokesperson declined to reveal if the company had any knowledge of composite aluminium cladding or panels with a polyethylene (PE) core in the eastern stand. “We will not be making a comment on this,” they told the Indy. “This conversation is over.” Authorities and the Kardinia Park Stadium Trust, which owns the ground, this week declined to rule out that the stand contained flammable cladding. But a trust spokesperson confirmed the organisation was conducting an investigation into the stand. The tip off came after the ABC recently revealed that Australian

FLAMMABLE? Simonds Stadium’s eastern stand. suppliers knowingly sold highlyflammable aluminium composite cladding with a PE core. This occurred more than a decade before similar cladding caused the deadly Grenfell tower fire in London which killed 80 people this year. Planning and fire experts recently told the ABC that there may be more than 5000 buildings in Victoria containing similar cladding. Fire engineer Tony Enright said ambiguous standards and poor enforcement had often led to a conflicts of interest between safety and economy. Continued page 3

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