Cladding remediation work on four additional ACT Government buildings has now been completed, bringing the total of remediated ACT Government buildings to 14.
Canberra High School, Howard Florey House, Civic Youth Centre and ACT Magistrates Court have all concluded, while remediation works continue on the nine other ACT Government owned buildings found to have combustible cladding. The final remediation work is on track to be completed by late 2022.
"The safety of Canberrans is of utmost importance to the ACT Government, which is why we are reducing the risk of potentially combustible cladding," Minister for Sustainable Building and Construction, Rebecca Vassarotti said.
"While our work on ACT Government building is ongoing, we continue to support eligible owners corporations to replace potentially combustible cladding with our first phase of the Private Buildings Cladding Scheme, which was launched in July 2021.
"The ACT Government has assisted eligible owners corporations by paying 50% of the costs of testing and assessing their buildings' cladding (up to $20,000 ex GST), with 16 buildings currently being assessed.
"Phase two of the scheme, which will see remediation works undertaken on eligible buildings, will be facilitated by a concessional loan which will provide financial support for eligible building owners to undertake the removal of cladding from their buildings.
