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Owners of high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding in England can now apply to a newly reopened fund to cover the costs of making homes safe, the Government has said. Owners of buildings of at least 18 metres can check if they are eligible for the £4.5 billion Building Safety […]Click here to view original web…
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Owners of high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding in England can now apply to a newly reopened fund to cover the costs of making homes safe, the Government has said. Owners of buildings of at least 18 metres can check if they are eligible for the £4.5 billion Building Safety […] Click here to view original…
Building Safety Fund opens for new applications and Leaseholder Protections Checker launched
More high-rise homes affected by the buildng safety scandal stand a chance of being remediated as the government’s £4.5 billon Building Safety Fund reopens for new applications today, July 28, 2022. Buildings over 18m with cladding issues are eligible to apply for the fund, which has allocated over £1.3 […] Click here to view original…
£4.5bn fund to help remove unsafe cladding on buildings reopens
Contractors undertaking works at a residential property in Paddington, London, as part of a project to remove and replace non-compliant cladding Owners of high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding in England can now apply to a newly reopened fund to cover the costs of making homes safe, the Government has […] Click here to view original…
Man charged after 88 cladding safety forms “fraudulently filled out”
A man has been charged with fraud after dozens of cladding safety forms were signed off by an unauthorised person, Merseyside Police has said. Thomas Michael Clarke, 33, of Prescot, has been charged with fraud and false representation. The force said it comes as part of a 19-month investigation […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell cladding firm absent from crunch remediation talks
Grenfell Tower. Credit: Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News Representatives from US firm Arconic Architectural Products, which manufactured the cladding used on Grenfell Tower, did not attend industry discussions with government officials on the future of remediation held earlier this year, Construction News can reveal. In the run up to an […] Click here to view original…
Cladding repairs needed to remortgage?
Has any leaseholder, coming to the end of their mortgage term, been able to re-mortgage with a B2 defective fire risk assessment applied to their building? Further, the landlord is still holding out ‘waiting’ for Government clarification as to who will pick up the bill on a building over […] Click here to view original…
First substantive cladding claim judgment handed down – what does it mean for the construction industry?
The judgment in the first substantive claim concerning cladding defects on a high-rise building since the Grenfell Tower Fire has now been handed down by the Technology & Construction Court in the case of Martlet Homes Limited (“Martlet”) V Mulalley & Co. Limited (“Mulalley”). The claim Martlet owns five […] Click here to view original…
Fire safety ruling sets scene for litigation
Construction firms that built blocks with flammable cladding are likely to face a slew of litigation from leaseholders and building managers after a key case went against a contractor, legal experts have said. Housing association Martlet Homes last week won an £8m case against contractor Mulalley in which the […] Click here to view original…
Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley & Co Ltd: Cladding in Court
For the first time following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Technology and Construction Court has issued its judgment in a dispute relating to combustible cladding. It is a highly significant case for the wider construction industry as we now have an insight into the TCC’s likely approach for future […] Click here to view original…
Fire safety ruling has implications for cladding disputes
Construction companies contracted to design and build cladding systems for buildings may have to pick up the cost of replacing those systems in light of a new ruling by the High Court in London. The judgment provides an insight into how the courts in England and Wales will retrospectively […] Click here to view original…
Minister reaches agreement with developers over repairs to unsafe buildings in Wales
News Photo Welsh Government The Welsh Government minister responsible for Housing has announced agreement has been reached with developers to repair their building in Wales which have safety defects. In May the Minister for Climate Change Julie James wrote to all developers in Wales inviting them to a meeting […] Click here to view original…