Terms of Use
Hereby, I acknowledge that:
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the purpose of the Cladding Materials Library is to assist professional fire engineers to analyse the safety of a building facade system in the context of a building's fire safety strategy.
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the Cladding Materials Library is an information source that can only be used by professional fire engineers in conjunction with other resources and tool, and must not solely be relied upon assessing the performance of a cladding material sample.
- I have read and fully understand the involvement of The University of Queensland and the Department of Housing and Public Works as stated in the 'Disclaimer' below.
Disclaimer
The materials presented in this website are distributed by The University of Queensland as information source only to be used by fire engineers as part of their analysis of cladding material fire safety. The website has been developed by The University of Queensland in response to a collaboration project with the Department of Housing and Public Works ('Department'). This website is not under the control of the Department. Therefore, the Department does not warrant, guarantee or make any representations regarding the correctness, accuracy, reliability, currency, or any other aspect regarding the characteristics or use of the information presented on this website.
The University of Queensland and the Department disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages and costs (including consequential or indirect loss or damage or loss of profits) you might incur as a result of the information being inaccurate, inadequate, or incomplete in any way for any reason.
The University of Queensland and the Department disclaims all liability for any losses or damages arising from your access to use of or downloading of any material or part thereof from this website. The University of Queensland makes no warrant that the information on this website is free of infection or corruption by computer viruses or other contamination.
The material contained in this website is made available on the understanding that The University of Queensland is not providing professional advice, and that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to its use, and seek independent advice if necessary.
The University of Queensland makes no representations or no warranties as to the contents contained in this publication, including but not limited to the suitability of the material for use within a building. To the extent permitted by law, The University of Queensland disclaims liability to any person or organisation in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, in reliance upon information contained in this publication.
The testing results presented on this website were carried out using dedicated high-end equipment, with the best practice procedures and scientific rigour.
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The dataset provided in this website as an open-access resource and published under the UQ General Usage Terms and Conditions Permitted Non-Commercial Re-Use with Acknowledge License:
I AGREE TO A COMMERCIAL USE RESTRICTION on this data, or data included in it and to only use this data in non-commercial endeavours, such as conference papers and published research papers. I ALSO AGREE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, using the agreed form of acknowledgement as a full citation as presented on the UQ eSpace record for this dataset.
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