All future multi-storey developments are now prohibited from using high-risk cladding products for external wall cladding. The Minister for Planning and Housing Richard Wynne made the announcement on February 1 basing the decision on expert advice which found that combustible cladding contributed to the spread of fire when used […]Click here to view original web…

(5) WORK appears to be under way to remove cladding from a building in Bradford city centre. A picture taken by the T&A revealed machinery in place with work apparently under way to remove cladding at Appleton Point, on Hamm Strasse. In February 2019, 120 residents at Appleton Point […] Click here to view original…

Article: Property and Build In a move to reduce the risk of fire, the Victorian Government in Australia has banned the use of certain external wall cladding products – should New Zealand follow suit? The Victorian government has revealed a new amendment to the state’s building code which will […] Click here to view original…

Mortgage affairs might be complicated to take care of at the very best of instances, nonetheless the unlucky cladding scandal has created a large-unfold impression. The difficulty, though ongoing, first correctly got here to mild upon the deaths of 72 individuals within the Grenfell Tower hearth in 2017. It […] Click here to view original…

Alan Mayrs told the Stormont Finance Committee NI’s fire regulations are ‘weak’ New buildings in NI can still be fitted with the type of highly-flammable cladding that has caused fires in high-rise structures across the world, according to a building control expert. Stormont’s Finance Committee heard that Northern Ireland’s […] Click here to view original…

A Basingstoke apartment block has combustible cladding similar to that of Grenfell Tower, The Gazette can reveal. A BASINGSTOKE apartment block is covered in similar combustible cladding that fatally wrapped Grenfell Tower, The Gazette can reveal. The external cladding at Crown Heights, which has around 250 flats, contains the […] Click here to view original…

Mortgage affairs can be complex to deal with at the best of times, however the unfortunate cladding scandal has created a wide-spread impact. The issue, although ongoing, first properly came to light upon the deaths of 72 people in the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. It has caused many […] Click here to view original…

Grafton Court, Cliffton Court and Pickford Court in Old Trafford Work to strip off the ‘potentially unsafe’ cladding on Trafford’s five social housing tower blocks has been completed – but its replacement won’t be finished until at least the autumn. The ACM cladding, the same kind that was on […] Click here to view original…

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On Monday, the Commons passed a Labour motion calling on the government to protect leaseholders across the country who are living in flats with dangerous cladding . But this is certainly not the end of the problem. All Conservative MPs abstained from the vote, even though the prime minister […] Click here to view original…

There are about 200,000 high-rise homes wrapped in flammable materials Ministers must set up a national task force to “get a grip on the deepening cladding crisis” after the Grenfell Tower fire, Labour said last night. The party will force a vote in the Commons today calling for robust […] Click here to view original…

Some of the cladding on Chatham Place did not meet fire safety regulations Potentially dangerous cladding could finally be removed from a Reading apartment block after it was revealed to be at “high risk” in the event of a fire. Cladding at the Hunsaker, Hermitage, Halcyon, and Haywards buildings […] Click here to view original…