Elm Road Wembley cladding fire is ‘criminal complacency’
The fire in Elm Road, Wembley (Image: London Fire Brigade) A union has slammed the “criminal complacency” that it says led to a cladding blaze that damaged much of a block of flats and took more than 100 firefighters to put out. The Fire Brigades Union said the blaze […]Click here to view original web…
MP Barry Gardiner says he warned of fire in Elm Road Wembley
MP Barry Gardiner says that there were warnings of a fire risk in Wembley (Image: Em Lou / Barry Gardiner) An MP has slammed a housing association that he says was “repeatedly warned” about a fire risk in a block of flats that was engulfed in flames. Around 125 […] Click here to view original…
Terrified families escape flats fire involving cladding and demand urgent investigation
Ad: Live This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Residents of a north west London block […] Click here to view original…
Families demand cladding investigation after fleeing from Wembley flats fire
Ad: Live This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Families have demanded an investigation after fire […] Click here to view original…
Landmark cladding ruling on Olympic Village brings hope for flat owners
East Village residents Sam Williams, Camilla Ford, Brian Tapson, Rachael Philpot and Greg Cieslinski Shelley Vallance, 37, celebrated a landmark court victory in her cladding ordeal over takeaways with her partner and their baby daughter. A ruling last Friday ended more than five years of uncertainty for Vallance about […] Click here to view original…
Essential cladding work FINALLY begins at city flats with ‘substantial’ fire risk
A block of city flats which has a “substantial” fire risk is finally having vital cladding work done after a three-year wait. Norwich City Council approved an application in July last year to carry out cladding remediation at the Grade II listed Albion Mill, which is a part of […] Click here to view original…
Fire risk repair work starts at Albion Mill flats in Norwich
Cladding work has begun at Albion Mill in Norwich after being classed as having a “substantial” fire risk in 2021 (Image: Newsquest) A block of city flats which has a “substantial” fire risk is finally having vital cladding work done after a three-year wait. Norwich City Council approved an […] Click here to view original…
Unsafe cladding could remain while ministers agree on eligibility
Firms have pointed out that removing cladding may not be enough to ensure the buildings meet modern fire safety standards ALAMY Unsafe cladding on Scottish homes will remain in place until ministers agree which buildings are eligible to be overhauled, developers have warned MSPs. There are estimated to be […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell Tower Testimony Week: what happened in deadly fire which killed 72 people – what has inquiry found?
Bereaved families and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire will this week get the chance to come face-to-face with those organisations they hold responsible for the disaster. The blaze at the tower block in west London tragically killed 72 people in June 2017. It also rendered former residents homeless, […] Click here to view original…
Scotland: new cladding legislation and other plans to enhance building safety
“Progress to identify, assess and fix unsafe cladding on Scotland’s medium and high-rise multi-residential buildings will be accelerated”, according to the Scottish Government , which recently published its Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill (Bill). The Bill has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament as part of the 2023/2024 Programme […] Click here to view original…
Tribunal orders big landlord to pay £16m toward cladding costs
3min readNewsNewsinformationopinionPODCASTSPONSORED Tribunal orders big landlord to pay £16m toward cladding costs One of the UK’s largest private landlords has been ordered to pay £16 million towards the cost of fixing cladding-related fire safety problems at a group of five residential towers in London. The complicated and long-running case, […] Click here to view original…
Brickability jumps on further cladding remediation market acquisition
Brickability Group PLC (AIM:BRCK) climbed nearly 3% early on Monday after announcing further expansion into the cladding remediation market through the takeover of Topek Southern Ltd. Topek Southern’s takeover and October’s acquisition of Group Topek Holdings Ltd has left the company with “a full-service specialist cladding installation and remediation […] Click here to view original…