New cladding guidance announced
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has issued new guidance to lenders which will ultimately lessen the number of wall safety surveys taking place on blocks of flats. The guidance issued clarifies to banks and building societies which properties require valuers to complete an EWS1 form and which […]Click here to view original web…
More than 100 of Scotland’s high-rises still have deadly cladding as ministers ‘sit’ on £450m pot
MINISTERS are under increasing pressure to deal with a cladding crisis in Scotland as it emerged that over 100 local authority high rise buildings have potentially deadly cladding four years after the horrifying Grenfell Tower blaze that claimed the lives of around 80 people. Research by the Herald on […] Click here to view original…
Cladding roundup – understanding and tackling the ongoing crisis
In light of the controversy surrounding cladding as of late, DBRS Morningstar has released a commentary titled ‘ UK Cladding: Much More Than a Safety Hazard ’. In June 2017, a horrific tragedy occurred in West London where the cladding on the outside of a high-rise block of apartments, […] Click here to view original…
New RICS cladding guidance to release thousands of stranded flat owners
Simplified External Wall System (EWS) guidance to help leaseholders sell flats in blocks with external cladding has been issued by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS). This guidance explains how from early April onwards there will be no need for EWS checks on all buildings of four storeys […] Click here to view original…
Urgent safety checks on buildings for ‘K15’ cladding to prevent Grenfell second wave
Fire struck the 27-storey Grenfell Tower in Latimer Road, White City, London, on June 14, 2017 Safety checks are taking place on thousands of buildings after fears there could be a “second wave” of Grenfell fallout. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has ordered an urgent investigation into homes and public […] Click here to view original…
ACM remediation far slower among blocks that have received government funding
Homeless people to be prioritised for vaccine in England and Wales Westferry Printworks affordable housing numbers agreed High Court rules councils can lawfully house people with NRPF during pandemic Grenfell cladding firm used ‘hard tactics’ in obtaining certificate for product, inquiry hears Northern Ireland housing minister rows back over […] Click here to view original…
‘Stuck in limbo’ – Wait for cladding report delays flat sales
Carli La Motte at Paper Mill Yard, where she has an apartment which she has been trying to sell – Credit: DENISE BRADLEY/Archant2021 When the pandemic hit and work dried up for make-up artist Carli La Motte, she decided to sell her flat. But five months after finding a […] Click here to view original…
Arconic ‘threatened’ BBA unless its cladding was approved, Grenfell Inquiry told
Hearing told British Board of Agrément supplied certificate for ACM cladding based on incomplete test data The makers of the combustible ACM panels blamed for the rapid spread of fire at Grenfell Tower threatened to cut ties with a testing house unless the panels were approved, the inquiry has […] Click here to view original…
Arconic threatened testing house boycott unless Grenfell cladding approved, inquiry hears
Hearing told British Board of Agrément supplied certificate for ACM cladding based on incomplete test data The makers of the combustible ACM panels blamed for the rapid spread of fire at Grenfell Tower threatened to cut ties with a testing house unless the panels were approved, the inquiry has […] Click here to view original…
Revealed: the five major costs the cladding crisis is piling on homeowners
Flat owners across the country have been shaken by the building safety crisis, with large bills piling up on their doorsteps. So far the debate has been focused on the final bills leaseholders could face for remediation involving the removal of unsafe cladding, but the true costs of the […] Click here to view original…
ACM remediation far slower among blocks that have received government funding
Homeless people to be prioritised for vaccine in England and Wales Westferry Printworks affordable housing numbers agreed High Court rules councils can lawfully house people with NRPF during pandemic Grenfell cladding firm used ‘hard tactics’ in obtaining certificate for product, inquiry hears Northern Ireland housing minister rows back over […] Click here to view original…
Arconic ‘threatened’ to cut ties with testing house unless its Grenfell cladding was approved, inquiry hears
Hearing told British Board of Agrément supplied certificate for ACM cladding based on incomplete test data The makers of the combustible ACM panels blamed for the rapid spread of fire at Grenfell Tower threatened to cut ties with a testing house unless the panels were approved, the inquiry has […] Click here to view original…