Teesside Magistrates Court could see major revamp if cladding plans approved
Teesside Magistrates Court. Teesside Magistrates Court could be getting a revamp if the council agrees to new plans that have been submitted. The Ministry of Justice has lodged an application with the local authority to add cladding to the building and fit new windows. In the proposals drawn up […]Click here to view original web…
Working together to fix cladding issues
News Single Building Assessment programme expanded. Some of the country’s largest housing developers have agreed to work with the Scottish Government and others to address cladding issues, giving affected homeowners a clear path to ensuring their homes are safe. Under the Scottish Safer Buildings Accord, developers will be expected […] Click here to view original…
Teesside Magistrates Court could see major revamp if cladding plans approved
Teesside Magistrates Court. Teesside Magistrates Court could be getting a revamp if the council agrees to new plans that have been submitted. The Ministry of Justice has lodged an application with the local authority to add cladding to the building and fit new windows. In the proposals drawn up […] Click here to view original…
The ban on combustible cladding on high risk buildings above 11 metres in Scotland
Everyone’s full attention has been on the Building Safety Bill (now the Building Safety Act 2022) receiving Royal Assent on 28 April 2022 – but it is important to remember that, North of the border, the building safety regime is quite different. In fact, Scotland has recently seen its […] Click here to view original…
Products firms refusing to back down over demand to pay cladding bill, CPA says
Boss says “all manufacturers stand behind their products” as row shows no sign of being resolved Manufacturers of cladding products are ‘sticking to their guns’ in refusing to pay to fix building safety defects despite government threats of legal action, the chief executive of the Construction Products Association (CPA) […] Click here to view original…
Frances Tait: Combustible cladding ban on high risk buildings in Scotland: What businesses need to know
Frances Tait Frances Tait, who works in the construction and engineering team at Womble Bond Dickinson, outlines the combustible cladding legislation changes set to be introduced in Scotland. Everyone’s full attention has been on the Building Safety Bill (now the Building Safety Act 2022) receiving Royal Assent on 28 […] Click here to view original…
Cladding scandal: mental health woes continue despite government action
When you click on a retailer link on our site, we may earn affiliate commission to help fund our not-for-profit mission. Find out more. Flat owners across the country have been struggling with the mental health fallout of the building safety crisis. Last year, Which? surveyed more than 1,700 […] Click here to view original…
Cladding: Redrow fails to get Cardiff court case dismissed
Image caption, Cardiff Bay’s Celestia complex consists of seven buildings containing 450 flats Leaseholders will continue building a legal case to sue a construction company over building defects after it failed to have the case thrown out. Redrow contracted Laing O’Rourke between 2005 and 2007 to build the Celestia […] Click here to view original…
Horatia House tower block in Somers Town, Portsmouth has almost been taken down
Darren Barnett captured this video of the lower floors of the condemned tower block being knocked down. He took them from his flat’s balcony looking over Park Street. Both Horatia House and nearby Leamington House were condemned in the wake of the Grenfell fire in London . Horatia House […] Click here to view original…
Preparing for changes to how cladding is regulated in Scotland
Following the Grenfell Tower disaster, we have seen changes to how cladding is regulated in Scotland. The most recent change comes into force on 1 June 2022 in terms of the Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022. The Grenfell Tower disaster changed the lives of local residents and their families […] Click here to view original…
Building boss slams ‘unjust’ cladding levy
Britain’s biggest housebuilder has slammed Michael Gove ’s plans to make developers pay to fix unsafe homes as ‘unjust and disproportionate’. Barratt Developments boss David Thomas yesterday wrote to the Housing Secretary expressing his ‘deep disappointment’ that a £3billion levy – originally aimed at firms building high-rise blocks – […] Click here to view original…
Agents letting high-rise flats ‘must engage with residents over safety’
Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage with residents over safety issues. The trade body’s policy and campaigns chief, Timothy Douglas, says this more collegiate approach is effectively enshrined in the new Build Safety Act, […] Click here to view original…