The ‘disastrous’ problem affecting hundreds of Victorian apartment buildings

A “disastrous” and potentially deadly problem impacting hundreds of Victorian apartment buildings has been discovered.

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More than 550 balconies inspected for flammable cladding removal have been found to be defective.

President of the Builders Collective of Australia, Phil Dwyer, says “it’s a disastrous situation and somebody will be killed one of these days”.

The Age reports the balconies were discovered during inspections of 339 buildings that received government-funding to remove flammable cladding.

Half of those buildings also had other faults.

Safety concerns have delayed the replacement of hazardous flammable cladding by an average of three months.