Michael Gove’s tough talk on the cladding crisis is just to take the sting out of the Grenfell Inquiry
Opinion The Housing Secretary said building regulations were “faulty and ambiguous” before the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire Gove gave house builders a six week deadline to sign legal contracts which will require them to fix fire safety defects. (Photo: REUTERS/Phil Noble) Housing Secretary Michael Gove had a busy weekend. […]Click here to view original web…
Residents of block with dangerous cladding call for LFB to get further powers to investigate potential crimes
Residents of a block that had Grenfell-style cladding installed at the time of a major fire in 2021 have called on the London Fire Brigade (LFB) to gain more powers to investigate potential crimes, after it announced there was insufficient evidence to support a prosecution. The fire took place […] Click here to view original…
Slough property chief admits Grenfell-style cladding investment ‘not the wisest’
Nova House in Slough had major issues with its fire cladding Money invested into making a Berkshire building safe following concerns over the use of Grenfell-style cladding is set to be recovered. is set to claw back the majority, if not all of the costs, a meeting has heard […] Click here to view original…
Wates questioned sprinkler omission before being taken off high-rise remediation job
Chalcots Estate in Camden. PICTURE: Julian Osley, Geograph Wates questioned the scope of post-Grenfell safety remediation work on Camden Council’s Chalcots Estate before the firm was removed from the job, Construction News can reveal. Documents disclosed to CN show that more than a year before the contractor was taken […] Click here to view original…
UK: Defective Cladding – A Landmark Decision
The Technology and Construction Court makes another [landmark] decision in the case against defective cladding. The judgment in the case of LDC (Portfolio One) Ltd v George Downing Construction Ltd and another [2022] EWHC 3356 (TCC) is the second in cladding related claims. This case concerns fire safety (and […] Click here to view original…
‘Mental torture’: six years after Grenfell, UK residents still live in fear as cladding deal falters
Charlotte Meehan, who is still waiting for her flat to be made safe despite receiving an inspection report in June 2021 concluding it was a fire risk. In June 2021, Charlotte Meehan received a safety inspection report for her block of flats as part of the nationwide checks after […] Click here to view original…
Residents of block with dangerous cladding call for LFB to get further powers to investigate potential crimes
Residents of a block that had Grenfell-style cladding installed at the time of a major fire in 2021 have called on the London Fire Brigade (LFB) to gain more powers to investigate potential crimes, after it announced there was insufficient evidence to support a prosecution. The fire took place […] Click here to view original…
UK announces massive cladding remediation mandate in wake of Grenfell inquiry
Grenfell Tower will be demolished following a report issued by engineering consultancy Atkins. Image: ChiralJon/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) England’s housing developers have been given an ultimatum – commit to repairing unsafe buildings or be banned from operating in the market. Developers now have six weeks to sign a government […] Click here to view original…
From Western Harbour controversy to flammable cladding: how the Hotwells and Harbourside by-election campaign has played out
Labour or the Greens could secure a majority in the council chamber with a victory here, as voters prepare to head to the polls on 2 February. The seat’s been held by the Lib Dems since its creation in 2016, but a win for either the Labour or the […] Click here to view original…
Mortgage applications for flats with dangerous cladding to be considered, banks announce
A number of major UK banks will start considering mortgage applications for flats with dangerous cladding. Banks had previously not considered applications for flats with cladding issues following the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017 which resulted in the deaths of 72 people. Barclays, Nationwide, NatWest, HSBC, and Santander have […] Click here to view original…
Cladding work is impacting residents, MP says
Plastic sheeting was put on a block of flats on Patteson Road in Ipswich in October 9 January 2023 More needs to be done to protect residents of high-rise buildings that have unsafe cladding, an MP said. After the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, unsafe materials which pose a […] Click here to view original…
Olympic Park affordable housing provider to use new legal powers seeking cladding remediation funding
The affordable housing company responsible for more than 1,000 flats in London’s Olympic Park will use new legal powers to attempt to force responsible parties to pay for the repair of fire safety defects, Inside Housing can reveal. Picture: Alamy Sharelines The affordable housing company responsible for more than […] Click here to view original…