‘We’ve been trying to sell our flat for two years due to cladding – we’re trapped’
Matt Bradley and Thomas Sims have been trying to sell their flat for years author avatar image Matt Bradley, 37, completed on the two-bedroom flat he owns in Derby city centre, a week before the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. He and his partner, who he shares the flat […]Click here to view original web…
‘We’ve been trying to sell our flat for two years due to cladding – we’re trapped’
Matt Bradley and Thomas Sims have been trying to sell their flat for years author avatar image Matt Bradley, 37, completed on the two-bedroom flat he owns in Derby city centre, a week before the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. He and his partner, who he shares the flat […] Click here to view original…
City tower blocks cladding issue is in hands of Scottish Goverment
Glasgow chambers (Image: Glasgow chambers) The power to make Glasgow buildings with flammable cladding safer is in the hands of the Scottish Government, a meeting heard. It was previously reported that some tower blocks in the city contained cladding similar to the type found in Grenfell Tower. Seventy two […] Click here to view original…
Dangerous cladding remediation faces delays in the UK
The NOA’s report follows the Grenfell Inquiry. Credit: richardjohnson via Shutterstock. · World Construction Network · richardjohnson via Shutterstock. The UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) has reported that up to 60% of buildings with dangerous cladding in the country remain unidentified, and remediation within the government’s portfolio is progressing […] Click here to view original…
When will dangerous cladding from thousands of buildings across the capital be removed?
Hina Bokhari AM. Credit: London Assembly The removal of dangerous cladding from thousands of buildings across the capital can only be accelerated with more funding from the Government, the London Assembly has warned. Mayor Sadiq Khan has been urged this week by the Assembly’s fire committee to lobby ministers […] Click here to view original…
Propertymark urges immediate action on the cladding crisis following a damning report from the National Audit Office
Propertymark is urging the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG) to do more to ensure unsafe cladding is replaced in buildings over 11 metres high. This is in response to ‘damning’ cladding report after the Grenfell tragedy in June 2017. The report found that 1,392 buildings had […] Click here to view original…
Just 1,392 cladding-affected buildings have been remediated and two-thirds are unidentified, NAO report finds
Only 1,392 buildings with aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding have been remediated as of August and two-thirds of the estimated total are yet to be identified, a report has found. A report from the National Audit Office (NAO) showed this was equivalent to around 12% and 16% of the […] Click here to view original…
Just 1,392 cladding-affected buildings have been remediated and two-thirds are unidentified, NAO report finds
Only 1,392 buildings with aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding have been remediated as of August and two-thirds of the estimated total are yet to be identified, a report has found. A report from the National Audit Office (NAO) showed this was equivalent to around 12% and 16% of the […] Click here to view original…
Southampton Itchen: Unsafe cladding works barely started
Darren Paffey says that the report “isn’t a surprise.” (Image: NQ) A Southampton MP has spoken out against the lack of work to remedy buildings with unsafe cladding in his constituency. Southampton Itchen MP Darren Paffey said he is not surprised that a report from the National Audit Office […] Click here to view original…
Glasgow cladding fire safety ‘in the hands of the Scottish Government’
The ruined Grenfell Tower (Image: Daily Mirror) The power to make Glasgow buildings with flammable cladding safer is in the hands of the Scottish Government , a meeting heard. It was previously reported that some tower blocks in the city contained cladding similar to the type found in Grenfell […] Click here to view original…
Dangerous cladding remediation faces delays in the UK
The UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) has reported that up to 60% of buildings with dangerous cladding in the country remain unidentified, and remediation within the government’s portfolio is progressing slowly. The NAO’s first report on the UK government’s remediation portfolio since the consolidation of five programmes in 2023 […] Click here to view original…
Watchdog urges deadline to make buildings covered in dangerous cladding safe
A fire broke out in August at a block of flats in east London where dangerous cladding was in the process of being removed (Stefan Rousseau/PA) PA Wire 2 days ago City Spy Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square Mile […] Click here to view original…