Flammable cladding found at nine-storey luxury apartment block
A nine-storey block of luxury apartments overlooking Castle Park will have to be stripped back and all its insulation and brickwork replaced because surveys have found flammable cladding was used when it was built. Castle Wharf is in a prominent position on the corner of Finzel’s Reach and part […]Click here to view original web…
Cladding removal ramps up in Vic but other issues found
The MCG is among government-owned buildings that have had cladding removed. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS) The race to remove combustible cladding has ramped up in Victoria but other significant defects have been found in about one-third of buildings assessed. Dangerous cladding had been removed from 272 buildings as of June […] Click here to view original…
Fire safety specialists wanted for new framework
1 hour Suppliers are being sought for a new framework to supply fire safety measures for the public sector. The second-generation fire safety (FS2) framework from public sector procurement agency LHC is now open for registrations of interest until summer 2023. FS2 includes provision for new or replacement passive […] Click here to view original…
Gove plans to introduce leasehold reform in next parliamentary session
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, has said that he plans to include legislation for leasehold reform in the next King’s Speech. In topical questions to the Levelling Up Department yesterday, Gove said: “We hope, in the forthcoming King’s Speech, to introduce legislation to fundamentally reform the […] Click here to view original…
Leasehold reform expected to be introduced in King’s Speech
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, has said that he plans to include legislation for leasehold reform in the next King’s Speech. In response to question from the Levelling Up Department yesterday, Gove said: “We hope, in the forthcoming King’s Speech, to introduce legislation to fundamentally reform […] Click here to view original…
Harold Wood homeowner calls for cladding bill law change
Baneberry Lodge on the Kings Park estate in Harold Wood (Image: Ben Lynch) Harold Wood leaseholders caught in the web of the ongoing cladding scandal are questioning why they face paying remediation costs – all because of the size of their blocks. Following the fire in Grenfell Tower in […] Click here to view original…
Willmott Dixon keeps promise and hits firms with £47m writ for cladding repairs bill
Contractor’s chairman ripped into Woolwich Central supply chain last summer, warning them it would go to court to recover costs A claim for damages relating to alleged defects in the design and construction of a mixed-use scheme in Woolwich has sparked a war of words between the scheme’s project […] Click here to view original…
Cardinal Lofts: What happens to people forced out of Ipswich flats?
The building’s management company said hotel accommodation and meals had been organised for evacuated residents Some 100 residents of a nine-storey block of flats have been asked to leave their homes after a safety report found they were in immediate danger from fire. The building’s freeholder, Grey GR, said […] Click here to view original…
Willmott Dixon keeps promise and hits firms with £47m writ for cladding repairs bill
Contractor’s chairman ripped into Woolwich Central supply chain last summer, warning them it would go to court to recover costs A claim for damages relating to alleged defects in the design and construction of a mixed-use scheme in Woolwich has sparked a war of words between the scheme’s project […] Click here to view original…
Churchill boss hits out at government ‘blackmail’ over cladding costs
Spencer McCarthy says current administration is ‘anti-housebuilder’ and ‘anti-development’ The boss of retirement housebuilder Churchill has hit out at the government for “anti-development” planning policies and branded as “blackmail” its attempts to strongarm funding from the industry to pay to fix the fire safety crisis. Spencer McCarthy said he […] Click here to view original…
Cladding removal ramps up in Vic but other issues found
The race to remove combustible cladding has ramped up in Victoria but other significant defects have been found in about one-third of buildings assessed. Dangerous cladding had been removed from 272 buildings as of June 30 2022, more than two-and-a-half times the number completed the year before. The material […] Click here to view original…
Cardinal Lofts: Ipswich tower evacuated over fire safety
The building’s management company said hotel accommodation and meals were organised for evacuated residents A nine-storey apartment block is being evacuated because of fire safety concerns. The top three floors of Cardinal Lofts in Ipswich were evacuated in November after a fire service report deemed them unsafe. All remaining […] Click here to view original…