Expand Housebuilder Barratt Developments has revealed a further hit for cladding safety works after the Grenfell Tower disaster, taking its total annual bill to more than £80m (David Davies/PA) Housebuilder Barratt Developments has revealed a further hit for cladding safety works after the Grenfell Tower disaster, taking its total […]Click here to view original web…

Eleanor Jolliffe describes what it is like to design high-rises by day and navigate costly problems with your own home by night The cladding crisis continues to make headlines. The architectural press has been reporting the professional changes and challenges – indemnity insurance, changes to building regulations and standards. […] Click here to view original…

LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 12: The covered structure of Grenfell Tower is seen above a nearby housing estate on May 12, 2021 in London, England. The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced that it is considering demolishing the building, but that it will be at […] Click here to view original…

Top stories The Times : Most of the world’s biggest oil-exporting nations have agreed a deal to boost supply in a move expected to help cool the runaway rise in the cost of crude. Financial Times : Three of Britain’s most senior cabinet ministers – including prime minister Boris […] Click here to view original…

Sophie Bichener, 29, says the financial burden is laying heavy on her shoulders It’s been over four years since the devastating Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people, yet hundreds of thousands of individuals and families up and down the country live in fear that a similar event could […] Click here to view original…

Sophie Birchener with extinguisher Every night, Sophie Bichener sleeps with a fire extinguisher beside her bed. She always wakes in a cold sweat from the same vivid nightmare that her two-bedroom flat is ablaze – and the daylight hours are no less terrifying. Sophie is one of 73 leaseholders […] Click here to view original…

Leaseholders caught up in the cladding scandal have held a demonstration in Leeds today to urge the government to end their financial misery. Campaigners say they face financial ruin because no-one has yet been held responsible for dangerous structural defects in residential blocks. Abi Tubis, Campaigner said: “Everyone’s going […] Click here to view original…

Seven UK lenders will cover the cost of making existing External Wall Fire Review (EWS1) forms publicly available through the Fire Industry Association (FIA) Building Information Portal, trade body UK Finance has confirmed. These forms, which were introduced in 2019 following government guidance to address the Grenfell Tower fire, […] Click here to view original…

The work on the tower follows recladding of Callendar Park high flats and will use the same colours. Glenfuit Court will also get a new steel pitched roof over the existing flat that they say will help maximise life expectancy – with the added bonus of providing a covered […] Click here to view original…

It is four years this month that 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire. Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images It is four years this month that 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire. Since then, the spotlight has been on the cladding and fire […] Click here to view original…

Cross-party support: Labour’s motion was passed after an amendment SUPPORT for people caught up in a struggle to have dangerous cladding removed from high-rise buildings has been given by Hillingdon councillors. Four years since the tragedy at Grenfell Tower, leaseholders around the country are being asked to bear the […] Click here to view original…

Glenfuir Court, Falkirk Falkirk Council is seeking planning permission to replace the external cladding and add a new roof to Glenfuir Court among other improvements. The work on the tower follows recladding of Callendar Park high flats and will use the same colours. Glenfuit Court will also get a […] Click here to view original…