Government: East London leaseholder cladding work “not reasonable or proportionate”
After determining that the reports calling for cladding work were neither “reasonable nor proportionate,” the government stated that they should be revised. 08 June 2023 FD&A Fire Stopping Extinguishing Systems Cavity Barriers Fire Risk Assessment East London leaseholders caught in the cladding crisis have hailed a sense of “progress” […]Click here to view original web…
Attempt to expand scope of combustible cladding case to unknown number of buildings
Grenfell Tower in London where more than 70 people died in 2017, had a type of aluminium composite cladding that contributed to the fire spreading, an inquiry found. (File photo) The Court of Appeal is being asked to decide the best way to sort through potentially hundreds of claims […] Click here to view original…
Building safety: announcement of further waking watch replacement fund for 2023
The Government (WWRF 2023). This is a separate fund, which builds on the work of the Waking Watch Replacement Fund set up in January 2022 (WWRF 2022), and the Waking Watch Relief Fund that was originally established in 2020 (described below). The aim of the WWRF 2023 is to […] Click here to view original…
Hundreds of thousands trapped in cladding crisis, six years on from Grenfell tragedy
EXCLUSIVE: Six years on from Grenfell, people still don’t know when buildings will be made safe. 21:18, Sun, May 21, 2023 | UPDATED: 21:18, Sun, May 21, 2023 Grenfell Tower and London landmarks illuminated on anniversary The cladding scandal revealed after the Grenfell Tower inferno in June 2017 remains […] Click here to view original…
Agreement ‘in-principle’ reached for builders to remove unsafe cladding
An in-principle agreement has been reached with housing developers on the removal of unsafe cladding from buildings, the Scottish Government has said. The deal, which includes the industry body Homes for Scotland, could lead to companies which built the properties paying for the cladding work to be remediated. A […] Click here to view original…
Notts Fire Service monitoring 23 ‘high risk’ buildings following Grenfell Tower disaster
A fire occurred at Grenfell Tower in London in June 2017 which killed 72 people and destroyed the 24-storey block of 129 residential flats. A public inquiry to investigate the disaster and if any lessons could be learnt later made a series of recommendations for fire services, with NFRS […] Click here to view original…
Owners of buildings with allegedly combustible aluminium cladding prep for action
The Grenfell Tower in London where more than 70 people died in 2017, had a type of aluminium composite cladding that contributed to the fire spreading, an inquiry found. (File photo) The German maker of an allegedly combustible type of exterior building cladding faces a case in the New […] Click here to view original…
As the sixth anniversary of Grenfell draws near, blighted flat owner Paul Afshar asks developers to put people before profit in Yorkshire.
Paul Afshar is the owner of an apartment in Yorkshire blighted by unresolved building safety issues brought to light by the Grenfell tragedy.Here, as the sixth anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy draws near, he asks if developers will put people before profit:Six years ago I watched in horror as […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: south London flats could be demolished and rebuilt after serious safety flaws revealed
The Citiscape building before its white and blue panels were removed and residents evacuated A block of flats in south London could be razed to the ground because demolishing it will be cheaper than trying to fix its critical safety flaws. The drastic move follows a post-Grenfell inspection of […] Click here to view original…
East London leaseholder cladding works ‘not reasonable or proportionate’, says government
East London leaseholders caught in the cladding crisis have hailed a sense of “progress” after a government intervention, though concerns remain about any future costs coming their way. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) stepped in back in March to review reports recommending remedial works on […] Click here to view original…
Government seeking to speed up removal of unsafe cladding
Image to show cladding (Image: Image to show cladding) THE Scottish Government is trying to speed up the remediation process for buildings affected by unsafe cladding, a minister has said. Housing minister Paul McLennan admitted it is taking “too long” for many homeowners to have their properties assessed. The […] Click here to view original…
Barratt signs Scottish Government’s cladding pledge
Barratt has become the first major housebuilder to publicly declare that it has signed a Scottish Government-initiated agreement aimed at fixing unsafe cladding in buildings 11 metres high and taller. The FTSE 100-listed firm said today that it signed the Scottish Safer Buildings Accord, a post-Grenfell initiative that was […] Click here to view original…