Council knew about fire building’s Grenfell cladding
It took 50 firefighters to put out the blaze at midnight on 22 August [BBC] A local authority knew that cladding on an area of a building that caught fire last week was similar to that which contributed to the Grenfell Tower disaster. Nearly 300 people were evacuated from […]Click here to view original web…
Kingspan settles in cladding compensation test case
Cladding manufacturer Kingspan has settled a court case that would have tested a new law extending the range of legal claims that contractors can make against cladding manufacturers, Construction News can reveal. Kingspan was among 11 companies facing claims totalling £70m from Shepherd Construction in a cladding dispute relating […] Click here to view original…
Deputy PM Rayner urges faster cladding remediation
Deputy Prime Minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner has called for the remediation of unsafe buildings to be completed quickly. These comments came after a fire at a residential tower block in Dagenham, London, this week. The building was undergoing works to remove unsafe cladding on the top two […] Click here to view original…
Investigation: how are councils assessing the risks of uPVC cladding in low-rise housing after the Barnet fire?
When a fire in 2023 destroyed four terraced houses Barnet Council brought the housing sector’s attention to an overlooked fire safety issue: the use of uPVC cladding in low-rise homes. Have other councils heeded its warning? Olivia Barber launched a Freedom of Information investigation to find out A photo […] Click here to view original…
Greenwich leaseholders in cladding dispute with Barratt Homes
Greenwich leaseholders have found themselves in a dispute with the developer of their homes over the safety of the buildings’ cladding. The issue has left residents with ‘crippling’ service charge bills and fears that they are unable to sell their flats. The concerns follow the seventh anniversary of the […] Click here to view original…
Building hit by fire has same cladding as Grenfell
BBC The red and grey apartment block has seven floors, with two fire trucks outside and a police car. The seventh and sixth floor been burnt and whole building evacuated. Cladding on an area of a building that caught fire last week was similar to that which contributed to […] Click here to view original…
‘Nothing being done about dangerous cladding’
Image caption, Paul Baston lives on the top floor of a tower block with the same flammable cladding as Grenfell Bob Hockenhull BBC Midlands Today Eleanor Lawson BBC News, West Midlands Published28 August 2024 Residents of high-rise blocks of flats which have the same cladding as Grenfell Tower have […] Click here to view original…
South London tower block where residents claim ‘lives are at risk’ and fear they can’t sell homes over cladding
Royal Artillery Quays residents shown outside a block in the development. Shown (left to right): Adeline Tsang, Richard Cook, Steve Day, David Dowl, George Boyd, Stefan Malcolm, Balaji Manickam and Germana Bacchini Greenwich leaseholders have found themselves in a dispute with the developer for their homes over the safety […] Click here to view original…
England: Angela Rayner laments ‘slow progress’ of unsafe cladding removal
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has said she will meet with building safety regulators to speed up the removal of unsafe cladding from at-risk buildings across England. The housing secretary made the comments during a visit to Dagenham, east London, the day after a […] Click here to view original…
‘Nothing being done about dangerous cladding’
Bob Hockenhull – BBC Midlands Today and Eleanor Lawson – BBC News, West Midlands Paul Baston lives on the top floor of a tower block with the same flammable cladding as Grenfell [BBC] Residents of a high-rise block of flats which has the same cladding as Grenfell Tower have […] Click here to view original…
‘Nothing being done about dangerous cladding’
Bob Hockenhull – BBC Midlands Today and Eleanor Lawson – BBC News, West Midlands Paul Baston lives on the top floor of a tower block with the same flammable cladding as Grenfell [BBC] Residents of a high-rise block of flats which has the same cladding as Grenfell Tower have […] Click here to view original…
Still ‘far too much dangerous cladding’ on buildings, says Angela Rayner during Dagenham visit
Deputy PM vows to do ‘everything we can to support’ victims of tower block fire Progress on making buildings safe has been too slow and there remains “far too much” dangerous cladding on properties, the Deputy Prime Minister said as she visited the site of a fire in east […] Click here to view original…