Posts Tagged ‘remedial works’
Chalcots: Council cancels £100 million deal on evacuation estate and will ‘go back to market’
The New Journal’s Chalcots Inquiry campaign has called for Camden to fully investigate what went wrong The Chalcots saw an unprecedented evacuation after fire safety flaws were uncovered WORKS to replace cladding stripped from the Chalcots estate after the Grenfell fire disaster have been officially halted after the council […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreJenrick pledges to continue cladding work despite lockdown
Communities secretary to tackle ‘deeply concerning’ slowdown in work to strip towers of flammable material Communities secretary Robert Jenrick has joined with city mayors pledging to carry out work to replace dangerous cladding on tower blocks following a “significant slowdown” in activity due to the coronavirus lockdown. Jenrick has […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreRemediation of unsafe cladding to continue despite COVID-19
Although the issue has been partially obscured from public view by the coronavirus crisis, the UK government has said that work to replace flammable cladding on residential buildings of 18m or taller remains a priority. Helen Andrews, a construction law partner at European law firm Fieldfisher , takes a […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreUp to 23,700 households still living in blocks with Grenfell-style cladding
Up to 23,700 households across the country could be living in blocks that are still covered in Grenfell-style aluminium composite (ACM) cladding, despite nearly three years passing since the tragic fire in west London that killed 72 people. […] Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk
Read MoreGalliard stops ACM recladding at New Capital Quay
Firm says sticking to social distancing protocols on job was not possible Galliard Homes has suspended work to replace ACM cladding at its New Capital Quay development in Greenwich because of coronavirus. The government has labelled the replacement of Grenfell Tower-style cladding as a critical project and last week […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGalliard suspends urgent re-cladding works
15 minutes Urgent re-cladding work on a high-rise development in southeast London has been suspended after it proved impossible to continue while implementing social distancing. Photo of New Capital Quay from Galliard Homes Galliard Homes has decided to remove all 160+ operatives from New Capital Quay, Greenwich. Galliard announced […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGovernment cladding removal team grows
THE GOVERNMENT has added its construction expert, Dr David Hancock, to review the removal of aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding, and firm Faithful & Gould to provide management. Earlier this week , the government stated that it believes ‘making buildings safe and maintaining measures to ensure buildings are safe […] Click here to view original…
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Read MoreSafety fears as repair work stops on Bellway fire block
MP calls on housing secretary to intervene as Bellway staff down tools at Barking Riverside scheme amid covid-19 crisis Veteran east London MP Margaret Hodge has called on the housing secretary to intervene after repair work was stopped on a fire-hit block of flats from housebuilder Bellway. The six-storey […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreWork to remove Grenfell-like cladding from Bristol tower block could be delayed because of coronavirus
Eclipse Tower above Harvey Nichols in Cabot Circus which has the Grenfell-like cladding Work to remove Grenfell-like cladding from the final tower block in Bristol that still has it, is scheduled to go ahead as planned, although coronavirus restrictions may delay it. The owners of luxury apartment building Eclipse […] Click here to view original…
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