With COVID-19 (the coronavirus) affecting businesses around the world, this is a difficult time for everyone. At Lote Consulting, our priority remains the health and wellbeing of our clients, employees and communities.

Lote Consulting is committed to the timely delivery of your projects and supporting our partners despite the changing circumstances brought about by COVID-19. We are actively pursuing business continuity strategies that minimise disruption to any of our projects and will be undertaking some changes to our fire safety inspection services and security consultancy to further this goal. This includes following any government directives on travel, self-quarantine and social distancing initiatives.

Our Risk Management and Coronavirus Response Teams have been working diligently since early January to make sure we are well prepared and have implemented a Business Continuity Plan to ensure that our staff remain healthy, safe and productive during this period. We meet daily to reassess the situation and share best practices from around the world.

Today, in addition to following the Australian Health authorities’ guidelines, we have introduced additional measures to reduce the risk to our people, including encouraging many of them to work remotely where appropriate. Despite these changes our dedication to client service will be unaffected, and our staff will remain accessible and ready to assist you with any issues – whether they’re related to our services or how the COVID-19 situation affects your business.

We’re here, and we’re committed to supporting you during this time of uncertainty. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Building Code of Australia 2019 (BCA) Clause C1.9 put an end to the use of combustible materials on building facades in an explicit fashion. Although this has been an implicit requirement since BCA 1996 or earlier. Recent cladding incidents such as the Grenfell Fire and the Lacrosse Fire have necessitated further clarification and a dedicated clause BCA C1.9. Clause C1.9 has generated considerable controversy and discussion due to its application retrospectively to existing buildings and current projects in construction.