RESIDENTS living in a block of flats in Basingstoke are still waiting for work to be carried out to remove potentially dangerous combustible cladding. As previously reported, the external cladding at Crown Heights, which has around 250 flats, contains the flammable material ‘expanded polystyrene’ and features no fire breaks. […]Click here to view original web…

Photo by Sarah Gaunt (Image: Sarah Gaunt) RESIDENTS living in a block of flats in Basingstoke are still waiting for work to be carried out to remove potentially dangerous combustible cladding. As previously reported, the external cladding at Crown Heights, which has around 250 flats, contains the flammable material […] Click here to view original…

The fire in Barton Hill’s Eccleston House, Bristol Flammable cladding “contributed to the spread” of a fire at a tower block in Barton Hill that left three people in hospital. As many other council tower blocks in Bristol have the same type of cladding, new fire marshals will begin […] Click here to view original…

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (TNSrep) — The Financial Conduct Authority, London, England, issued a 68-page report in September 2022 entitled “Report on Insurance for Multi-Occupancy Buildings.” Here are excerpts: CONTENTS 1 Executive summary … 3 2 Overview … 14 3 Our review and findings … 21 4 Recommendations and potential […] Click here to view original…

Image caption, Emergency services were called to a building in Barton Hill on 20 October Flammable cladding “contributed to the spread” of a tower block blaze that left three people in hospital, firefighters believe. The fire at Eccleston House in Bristol on 20 October injured six people and the […] Click here to view original…

Flammable cladding at Eccleston House contributed to the spread of a deliberately started fire at a tower block in Barton Hill, the city council has confirmed It is also introducing immediate waking watches at the 38 at risk blocks of flats after the local fire brigade warned that EPS […] Click here to view original…

Emergency services were called to a building in Barton Hill on 20 October By Dawn Limbu and Alex Seabrook BBC News Flammable cladding “contributed to the spread” of a tower block blaze that left three people in hospital, firefighters believe. The fire at Eccleston House in Bristol on 20 […] Click here to view original…

Flammable cladding “contributed to the spread” of a fire at a tower block in Barton Hill that left three people in hospital. As many other council tower blocks in Bristol have the same type of cladding, new fire marshals will begin patrolling these buildings around the clock. The fire […] Click here to view original…

Kingspan, the firm that provided some of the insulation for the facade of Grenfell Tower, has blamed the firm that supplied the building’s cladding for a “misrepresentation” of expert advice. The Irish firm’s lawyer, Geraint Webb KC, when making final statements in the Grenfell Inquiry yesterday, claimed that Arconic […] Click here to view original…

The fire started at Eccleston House, on Aitken Street on 20 October Flammable cladding was found to have “contributed to the spread” of a fire at a tower block in Barton Hill that left three people in hospital. As many other council tower blocks in Bristol have the same […] Click here to view original…

Polystyrene insulation contributed to the spread of a blaze at Eccleston House. The council has committed to removing the material from its high rises – but it could take a decade. Flammable cladding contributed to the spread of a deliberately started fire at a tower block in Barton Hill, […] Click here to view original…

Emergency services were called to a building in Barton Hill on 20 October By Dawn Limbu and Alex Seabrook BBC News Flammable cladding “contributed to the spread” of a tower block blaze that left three people in hospital, firefighters believe. The fire at Eccleston House in Bristol on 20 […] Click here to view original…