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Removal solves the problem. Replacement gives your building its future back. Pro-Build Plus carries full Design & Construct responsibility for certified, non-combustible façade systems — engineered, fabricated, installed and certified under one accountable contract.
01 — Design & Construct
Façade replacement goes wrong when responsibility is split — a designer here, a fabricator there, an installer somewhere else, and a certifier left to reconcile the gaps. We close those gaps by carrying the whole scope ourselves.
Under our Design & Construct model, Pro-Build Plus holds responsibility from façade engineering through to final certification. We coordinate the fire engineer and the structural design of the fixing system, prepare the shop drawings, agree the NCC compliance pathway with your building surveyor, procure tested non-combustible systems, install them behind our own access programme, and certify the finished wall. If something needs answering at any stage, there is exactly one phone number to call.
That single line of accountability matters most at the interfaces — where the panel meets the slab edge, where the membrane meets the window, where the design intent meets the installed reality. Those interfaces are where compliance issues hide on fragmented projects. On ours, the people who engineered the detail are the same people answerable for how it went in.
Where the existing ACP is still on the wall, removal and replacement run as one continuous programme — the wall is never left exposed between contractors. Our cladding removal service covers that first half of the cycle in detail.
02 — Replacement systems
Every system we install is non-combustible and code-compliant — engineered to NCC requirements with tested components. The choice between them is architectural and commercial, never a compliance compromise.
| System | Character | Where it suits |
|---|---|---|
| Solid aluminium panel | Crisp, flat and precise — a like-for-look replacement for ACP without the polyethylene core. Matches the original module, colour and joint lines. | Towers and commercial frontages where owners want the original architectural intent retained. |
| Fibre-cement systems | Robust and economical, with a wide range of finishes and formats. Forgiving to detail, straightforward to maintain. | Mid-rise residential and commercial buildings where budget discipline matters as much as compliance. |
| Terracotta / ceramic rainscreen | Premium architectural texture, depth and shadow. A natural material with genuine presence at street level. | Signature buildings, hospitality and feature elevations where replacement doubles as an upgrade. |
| Glazed curtain-wall interfaces | Transparency and street presence at the building's most visible levels, integrated cleanly with the panel system above. | Podiums, lobbies and feature elevations where the façade does the building's first impression. |
Selection is evidence-led. Components are tested for combustibility to AS 1530.1, and the assembled system is engineered to the compliance pathway agreed with your building surveyor — Deemed-to-Satisfy where the prescriptive provisions fit, or a documented engineering pathway where they don't. And where full replacement isn't warranted at all, a Performance Solution may keep more of the existing wall — we'll tell you straight which pathway your building actually needs.
03 — Like-for-look
The quiet fear behind every replacement project: that the building comes back looking like a patch job. It doesn't have to — and on our projects, it doesn't.
ACP earned its place on Victorian buildings because it looked sharp — flat panels, tight joints, clean module lines. Solid aluminium delivers the same language without the combustible core. Working from the original façade documentation and measured site survey, we replicate the colour, the panel module and the joint lines, so the architectural intent survives the remediation intact.
From the street, a well-executed like-for-look replacement is invisible. On paper, it is anything but: the building moves from a flagged combustible façade to a certified non-combustible system, with the documentation to prove it to any insurer, purchaser or regulator who asks. Same building. Different risk profile entirely.
And if the original façade had dated, replacement is the one moment an upgrade costs least — the access is up, the wall is open, the design work is already underway. Many owners use it to step the building forward rather than simply back to where it was.
Finished façade — the architecture kept, the fire load gone
04 — The compliant wall
The panel is the part you see. Compliance lives in the six layers behind it — and in the record of how each one went in.
Engineered sub-framing fixed back to the structure, carrying the new system with documented load paths — designed for the wind, weight and movement of your specific building.
Tested barriers at slab edges, openings and compartment lines, so fire cannot travel unseen inside the wall zone. Installed, inspected and photographed before they're covered.
The sarking and membrane line that manages water behind the panels — lapped, sealed and detailed at every penetration so the wall stays dry for decades, not just at handover.
A drained, ventilated gap between membrane and panel that lets moisture escape and the wall breathe — the quiet detail that determines how a façade ages.
The visible skin — solid aluminium, fibre-cement, terracotta or glazing — with combustibility evidence to AS 1530.1 held on file for every product that goes on the wall.
Every rail, barrier, membrane lap and panel recorded as installed. The build-up is only compliant if you can prove what's in it — so we record everything.
05 — Install methodology
Five stages, each one closing out before the next begins — and each one feeding the evidence trail that becomes your certification package.
Fire engineering, structural design of the fixing system and panel-by-panel shop drawings are completed and coordinated with your building surveyor before anything is ordered. The compliance pathway is locked in on paper first — changes cost nothing at this stage and everything later.
Design & documentPanels are fabricated to the approved shop drawings from tested, non-combustible materials, with test certificates collected against each batch. Traceability starts at the factory, not on site — every panel that arrives can already prove what it's made of.
Traceable supplySwing stages, mast climbers or scaffold are selected per elevation, and works are sequenced so the building keeps operating. Removal and replacement run elevation by elevation — the wall is never left stripped and exposed to the weather between trades.
Building stays openEvery panel, fixing, cavity barrier and fire-stop is inspected and recorded as it goes in — not reconstructed from memory afterwards. The record set builds in real time, which is precisely what makes it stand up to scrutiny later.
Documented as builtAt completion you receive the full close-out package: compliance certification, as-built documentation, the complete QA record, and the manufacturer system warranties alongside our installation warranty — ready to hand to your insurer, your certifier or a future purchaser.
Insurer-ready“When a project is finished, we don't just leave you with a beautiful building. We hand over an airtight, panel-by-panel audit trail — so your asset's compliance is never in question.”
The Pro-Build Plus close-out standard
Completed remediation — certified, warranted, insurable
06 — Proof
From the Southern Hemisphere's largest data centre to an operating St Kilda hotel — the same discipline, the same documentation, the same result.
The largest data centre in the Southern Hemisphere, and a façade delivered to the most rigorous international benchmarks. A high-performance non-combustible system installed at a scale where there is no margin for rework — every panel documented, every detail certified.
Full façade replacement under Design & Construct — on a hotel that never stopped trading. Staged access, sequenced works and disciplined communication kept guests in their rooms while the building's combustible skin came off and a certified system went on.
07 — FAQ
Straight answers, because that's what you'd get on the phone. Anything we haven't covered, call 1300 800 727.