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- Overview
- Testing and assessment
- Private Buildings Testing and Assessment Scheme
- Private Buildings Cladding (Supplementary) Scheme
- Financial assistance
Overview
The ACT Government is providing financial assistance to eligible owners corporations to test and assess cladding. The Private Buildings Cladding (Supplementary) Scheme is open to eligible owners corporations that need support to assess the risk of cladding on their buildings.
Testing and assessment
Cladding has been used on apartments and other buildings within the ACT. The purpose of testing and assessment is used to:
- test and assess whether a building has combustible cladding
- determine the level of fire safety risk to residents and visitors
- understand the scope of cladding remediation works required to reduce fire risk
- calculate the full costs and time required to complete the works
- recommend interim fire safety measures until works are completed.
The level of risk is determined based on several factors. This includes:
- type of cladding used
- how cladding is attached to the building
- total coverage of the cladding on the building
- where it is located on the building
- coverage of existing fire safety systems on the building.
A detailed testing and assessment report is required to access the Private Buildings Concessional Loan Scheme.
Learn more about testing and assessment report requirements
Private Buildings Testing and Assessment Scheme
The Private Buildings Testing and Assessment Scheme is no longer accepting applications.
The scheme provided grants to owners corporations of eligible apartment buildings. The grants were worth up to $20,000. This money was used to provide a rebate on the cost of testing and assessing cladding. Applications for the grant were accepted between 21 July 2021 and 21 July 2022.
Private Buildings Cladding (Supplementary) Scheme
The Private Buildings Cladding (Supplementary) Scheme (the Supplementary Scheme) is a limited scheme open to eligible owners corporations to test and assess their cladding for risk. Funding is available to owners corporations that did not receive a rebate under the previous Private Buildings Cladding Testing and Assessment Scheme. The Supplementary Scheme provides financial assistance to class 2 apartment buildings of three storeys or more.
Applications have closed for this scheme on 20 March 2025
More information
If you have questions about the Supplementary Scheme, please contact the Cladding Team at Infrastructure Canberra (iCBR).
Email: claddingprogram@act.gov.au
Phone: (02) 6205 3303.
Financial assistance
Through the Private Buildings Cladding Concessional Loan Scheme, owners corporations of eligible buildings can access a low-interest loan to fund cladding remediation on higher risk cladding.
Visit the Private buildings concessional loan scheme page to find out more about the loan and eligibility.
Want to know more about cladding? There are a number of resources and factsheets available on the Learn more page.