Grafton Court, Old Trafford A social housing block in Trafford identified as having ‘potentially unsafe ’ ACM cladding nearly five YEARS ago is still waiting for it to be replaced. The cladding, the same kind that was largely blamed for the spread of the fire in Grenfell tower in […]Click here to view original web…

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has launched a survey seeking feedback on the sector’s continuing professional indemnity (PI) insurance crisis. It is the second year that the CLC has carried out such a survey , after firms across the industry reported sharp increases in premiums for PI insurance while […] Click here to view original…

Cladding on a Huddersfield high-rise block is to be replaced as part of a £90m fire safety revamp by housing chiefs on Kirklees Council. The £2.76m upgrade at 11-storey Harold Wilson Court, on Southgate just off the ring road, will also include a new emergency evacuation and fire alarm […] Click here to view original…

One of the City’s leading investors has urged Britain’s housebuilders to go beyond their legal duties and fund decades-worth of repair work to buildings affected by the cladding crisis. Sky News has learnt that abrdn, the FTSE-100 asset manager, has written to listed companies including Barratt Developments and Persimmon […] Click here to view original…

Plans to carry out safety improvements on a Huddersfield high-rise building have been approved. Harold Wilson Court is in line for a £2.76 million project to improve tenant safety in the event of a fire. This proposal for the 11-storey building comes after a fire safety review in the […] Click here to view original…

Contractors remove cladding from a building in Paddington, London. One of the City’s leading investors has urged Britain’s housebuilders to go beyond their legal duties and fund decades-worth of repair work to buildings affected by the cladding crisis. Sky News has learnt that abrdn, the FTSE-100 asset manager, has […] Click here to view original…

The hub would have offered help and advice to people affected by the cladding scandal A plan to set up a new fire safety support hub in Cardiff to help victims of the cladding scandal has been turned down. Thousands in the city are still living in apartments at […] Click here to view original…

Harold Wilson Court, Huddersfield, which is to have external cladding replaced as part of fire safety improvements. Cladding on a Huddersfield high-rise block is to be replaced as part of a £90m fire safety revamp by housing chiefs on Kirklees Council. The £2.76m upgrade at 11-storey Harold Wilson Court, […] Click here to view original…

© Thabo Jaiyesimi/Shutterstock.com Two weeks ago, I watched a nightmare unfold as a huge fire engulfed the tower block in Aldgate where I am a leaseholder. Along with the rest of the City, I watched thick black smoke billowing out of the building, evoking the terrible memories and collective […] Click here to view original…

The enduring love affair between the Conservative Party and the housebuilding sector may be on the rocks, judging by comments from government minister Michael Gove. Speaking at the Conservative Environment Network forum, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said he was “not particularly popular with […] Click here to view original…

Ministers have “failed to complete a single recommendation” from the first phase of a public inquiry into the devastating Grenfell Tower fire, Sadiq Khan has said. The inquiry, which looked at where the June 2017 fire originated and how it spread to kill 72 residents in the north Kensington […] Click here to view original…

Chalcots Estate in Camden. PICTURE: Julian Osley, Geograph Faithful & Gould is actively providing advice on remediating unsafe cladding on 187 buildings, despite being sued for approving the use of combustible materials on a London estate. The Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DHLUC) has allocated £600m for […] Click here to view original…