Posts Tagged ‘Building Research Establishment (BRE)’
Grenfell firms ‘are like killers and crooks’: Makers of cladding system are accused of putting residents at risk, disaster inquiry hears
The makers of Grenfell Tower’s cladding system have been accused of being ‘little more than crooks and killers’, the inquiry into the disaster has heard. The manufacturers were also said to have promoted construction materials despite knowing they ‘would burn with lethal speed’. Lawyers for a group of bereaved, […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding Scandal: Birmingham MPs host summit
700,000 people across the country are still living with dangerous cladding People in Birmingham who are still living with Grenfell-style cladding have been putting their questions to the Buildings Safety Minster. Birmingham MPs Preet Gill and Shabana Mahmood hosted the summit, with residents and Lord Greenhalgh. It’s thought 700,000 […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreThe next fire won’t wait. Here are the 10 steps to End Our Cladding Scandal
Inside Housing has joined with residents of buildings with dangerous cladding to call for the government to lead an “urgent, national effort” to end the scandal that has left tens of thousands of buildings nationwide clad in dangerous materials and residents asked to pay. With tens of thousands of […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCommons nods through Fire Safety Bill, amid plenty of grumbling by veteran MPs from all parties
Sir Mike Penning, Tory MP for Hemel Hempstead and a former fire minister, fumed at the Fire Safety Bill’s implications for leaseholders, who “should not have the burden, which is currently on them all the time, day in, day out” By Harry Scoffin The first new law on fire […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNon-ACM products do not pose same threat as Grenfell-style cladding, government claims as tests released
The government has released the results of its long-awaited tests on a range of cladding products, concluding that none pose the same threat as the cladding used on Grenfell Tower. The Cube in Bolton was clad with HPL (picture: GMFRS) Sharelines A report commissioned by the government and released […] Click here to view original…
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