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 web…
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…
Bolton: Frurt owner plea for support as works take place
A popular frozen yoghurt bar is reminding customers that it is still open as work gets underway on an apartment block. Cladding is currently being removed from Marsden House leading to a section of the road being closed and scaffolding put up. Businesses nearby are calling on people to […] Click here to view original…
Kingspan has consistently evaded responsibilities over Grenfell – Gove
The building materials company has long said that its insulation product made up only 5% of the insulation in the tower block, and was used without its recommendation UK Housing Secretary Michael Gove has accused insulation company Kingspan of trying to “wriggle out of their responsibilities” in relation to […] Click here to view original…
Over 2,000 high-rise buildings still awaiting cladding remediation
Main image A concerning report reveals that more than 2,000 mid- and high-rise buildings, standing at 11 meters and above, remain with unsafe cladding, lacking any remediation work. The latest data, released by the DLUHC, highlights the slow progress in addressing fire safety risks 19 January 2024 Fire Safety […] Click here to view original…
Ipswich The Mill cladding saga raised in PMQs by Tom Hunt
Tom Hunt MP raised the plight of the residents of The Mill during Prime Minister’s Questions (Image: Newsquest) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the government will be “looking into” the ongoing cladding scandal at The Mill complex on the Ipswich Waterfront. The situation was raised in Wednesday’s Prime […] Click here to view original…
Building safety crisis has ‘parallels with Post Office scandal’, MP suggests
An MP suggested there are similarities between the unsafe cladding crisis and the Post Office scandal during a select committee session on fire safety. “Don’t you think there are parallels of what we’re seeing with the Post Office scandal?”, Labour MP Ian Byrne asked housing minister Lee Rowley, who […] Click here to view original…
Vista Tower Stevenage: Work starts to fix unsafe cladding
Work to remediate unsafe cladding on Vista Tower in Stevenage has finally begun. (Image: Google Maps) Work to fix problems with unsafe cladding on a tower block in Stevenage has finally begun, four years after the issues were identified following the Grenfell Tower fire. Vista Tower in St George’s […] Click here to view original…
Vista Tower Stevenage: Work starts to fix unsafe cladding
Work to remediate unsafe cladding on Vista Tower in Stevenage has finally begun. (Image: Google Maps) Work to fix problems with unsafe cladding on a tower block in Stevenage has finally begun, four years after the issues were identified following the Grenfell Tower fire. Vista Tower in St George’s […] Click here to view original…