Six years after Grenfell fire tragedy, £33m scheme announced to address building safety in Northern Ireland
Grenfell Tower in west London after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building SIX years after the tragedy of the Grenfell tower fire in London, a £33m scheme has been launched in Northern Ireland to improve building safety. The Department for Communities (DfC) announced the fund will apply to residential […]Click here to view original web…
Northern Ireland £33m scheme launched to address unsafe external wall cladding
A £33million scheme has been launched in Northern Ireland to address fire safety risks linked to external wall cladding on residential buildings. The fund, which comes six years after the Grenfell tower fire in London, follows a similar scheme in England. It applies to residential buildings over 11 metres […] Click here to view original…
Basingstoke’s MP speaks out after Crown Heights work delayed
THE MP for Basingstoke says she is ‘incredibly disappointed’ that work on a block of flats in Basingstoke with dangerous cladding will not go ahead when originally planned. As previously reported, the external cladding at Crown Heights, which has around 250 flats, contains the flammable material ‘expanded polystyrene’ and […] Click here to view original…
Progress welcomed on scheme to address cladding safety concerns in Northern Ireland
Grenfell Tower (Jonathan Brady/PA) DUP MP Gavin Robinson as welcomed progress on a scheme to address cladding safety concerns in Northern Ireland (Liam McBurney/PA) THE DUP have welcomed progress on a cladding safety scheme in Northern Ireland, with hopes it can address problems for nearly 500 apartments in east […] Click here to view original…
London council takes tower owner to court over delay to replace flammable cladding
A London council has taken the owner of a residential tower to court to argue that the urgent replacement of flammable cladding was unnecessarily delayed. 04 August 2023 Fire Safety Signs & Notices Fire Safety FD&A Fire and Rescue Equipment Fire Risk Assessment In what is believed to be […] Click here to view original…
Basingstoke’s MP ‘incredibly disappointed’ about Basingstoke high rise work delay
THE MP for Basingstoke says she is ‘incredibly disappointed’ that work on a block of flats in Basingstoke with dangerous cladding will not go ahead when originally planned. As previously reported, the external cladding at Crown Heights, which has around 250 flats, contains the flammable material ‘expanded polystyrene’ and […] Click here to view original…
DLUHC annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023: Performance analysis
Performance analysis Overview This section sets out the department’s performance against its five priority outcomes and its strategic enablers in 2022-23. The significant events and challenges that had an impact on delivery activity and outcomes are also specified where applicable. Delivering in a changing environment Over the last year, […] Click here to view original…
Building safety legislation: what needs to change
The devastating 2017 Grenfell Tower fire and subsequent public inquiry exposed the widespread use of hazardous cladding on buildings across England and Wales. Lubna Shuja, Law Society president Source: Darren Filkins Many thousands of flat owners living in potential fire traps faced the worry of huge bills to manage […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell Tower disaster costs soar to 4,000 times the amount builders saved by replacing cladding – and taxpayers are paying for a majority of the £1.17BILLION bill
The cost of the Grenfell Tower disaster has soared to sums of £1.17billion The majority of the £1.17billion sum will be paid for by the British taxpayer The cost of the Grenfell Tower disaster has soared to nearly 4,000 times the amount builders saved by replacing fire-retardant cladding with […] Click here to view original…
Camden Council is failing to address fire risks says housing regulator
Camden Council has breached fire safety standards in thousands of homes in the borough. Photo: Fitzrovia News. Council tenants are being put “at potential risk of harm” because Camden Council is failing to put right thousands of fire safety issues, a housing watchdog has found. The government’s Regulator of […] Click here to view original…
The rise of betterment in building-safety defect claims post-Grenfell
Francesco Albanese is a trainee solicitor and Lucy Hawley is an associate at law firm BCLP Betterment has rarely been advanced as a defence in English courts until now, post-Grenfell, with the advent of building-safety defect claims. This article takes a closer look at this principle. “Betterment claims are […] Click here to view original…
London council takes tower owner to court over delay to replace flammable cladding
A London council has taken the owner of a residential tower to court to argue that the urgent replacement of flammable cladding was unnecessarily delayed. Flammable cladding on the Lumiere building was not removed until February 2022 Sharelines A London council has taken the owner of a residential tower […] Click here to view original…