Is this similar to the construction crisis in New Zealand in the 90’s, which cost the NZ government billions of dollars? Yes, according to construction lawyer, Kim Lovegrove, who did an interview with the Canberra Times and said he's seen "shades" of the same waterproofing problems that caused structural and health problems in tens of thousands of New Zealand buildings in Canberra.
SIPs Industries conducted fire tests on the SIPs to determine variables such as flame spread, roll-over and breach.
Energy Prices Soar
It's the endless, embarrassing, and all-too-familiar dying fly routine. Old industries flail when there's a new kid on the block. *
Old technology panics as it dies. And we, the consumer, usually pay the price.
A few outages during peak summer months back in 2013-14 were enough for coal and gas industry lobbyists to convince government to invest over $50 billion dollars on "poles and wires." That figure, by the way, exceeds the national spend on the NBN. But you won't hear much about that from Murdoch's Media.
SIPs Industries is proud to announce that our panels will be available through Independant Hardware Group, at Fagg's Mitre 10, in Geelong.
Mulberry Homes offers a full design service from planning your home renovation project to engineering and architecture. Mulberry specialises in renovating older homes, usually working from Subiaco to Fremantle and more recently, Mount Lawley.
Proprietor Charles has tried a few alternatives to brick work, but has settled on using Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) for most home renovation work. Charles is happy to work from a home-owner's own renovation plans. The rough process of home renovation (or new build) goes from ;
We spoke with Charles and asked him why he prefers to use SIPs panels over brick or other pre-built panel products . . .
Andrew Abercromby qualified as a Civil / Environmental Engineer at UWA. He worked on engineering construction projects in Belgium and New Guinea and completed an MBA in France. Andrew was appointed Project Coordinator for an expansion to Sydney’s International Airport Terminal Building and then transferred to the UK and Switzerland to help integrate three European businesses. He now works in Perth, specialising in building homes with environmentally friendly products.
He recently completed WA’s first PassivHaus using our own structural insulated panels. Building a home in Cottesloe to international standards regarding energy efficiency and comfort was a great experience for Andrew.
