Campaigning residents will finally find out why dangerous cladding was put on Sheffield tower block
Remedial work is already taking place at Hanover Tower, Sheffield Sheffield Council said it is finally ready to release the results of an investigation into why dangerous cladding was put on a tower block. Hanover Tower, in Exeter Drive, Broomhall , is home to around 350 people who have […]Click here to view original web…
Government warned over high-rise Grenfell cladding removal
Three years after the Grenfell Tower fire, hundreds of buildings still have unsafe cladding The government still has a “long way to go” to strip all high-rise buildings of dangerous cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower, the public spending watchdog has warned. Three years after the deadly […] Click here to view original…
Government’s Building Safety Fund slammed as ‘inadequate’ and a ‘huge let down’
(4) THE Cube student accommodation gutted by fire last year will not receive any cash from a new Government fund to remove cladding from high-rise buildings— despite the fact the material played a ‘major role in the rapid spread’ of the blaze. Both the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and […] Click here to view original…
Government still has long way to go on removing cladding, says watchdog report
Grenfell Tower The Government has been warned it still “has a long way to go” to strip all high-rise buildings of dangerous cladding like that which covered Grenfell Tower. Some 300 buildings are still undergoing work to remove aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding, three years after the west London […] Click here to view original…
National Fire Chiefs Council “frustrated” at number of unsafe buildings
MARKING THE third anniversary of the devastating Grenfell Tower fire, Roy Wilsher (chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council) has asserted that, first and foremost, his thoughts (and, indeed, those of everyone at the organisation) remain with the families of the 72 people who tragically lost their lives, and […] Click here to view original…
Lack of progress slammed three years on from Grenfell disaster
By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter A father who escaped the Grenfell Tower blaze with his disabled partner and toddler has slammed the lack of progress in the three years since. “Words without actions do not do anything,” said survivor Joseph John, who is calling for action to prevent […] Click here to view original…
MARKET UPDATE – Professional indemnity insurance for construction professionals
A lot has happened in the five months to date and it’s worthwhile taking a breath to reflect on our experiences of the professional indemnity insurance market so far this year and what we can look to expect for the remainder of 2020. Robert Morris 2019 proved another turbulent […] Click here to view original…
Funding approved to reclad nine tower blocks in Salford
© Gerald England Funding has been approved to complete fire safety works in Pendleton, including replacing the ACM cladding system on tower blocks with a compliant alternative Pendleton Together Operating Limited (PTOL) has arranged finance to complete fire safety works in Pendleton – replacing the ACM cladding system on […] Click here to view original…
David Lammy: “Government’s slow Windrush response mirrors their Grenfell response”
Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy called for more urgent action from the government to address the Windrush scandal. Monday 22 June marks 72 years since the Empire Windrush ship arrived at Tilbury Docks in Essex, bringing around 500 people from Jamaica at the invitation of the British government to […] Click here to view original…
Cladding removal scheme sped up to help keep tradies ‘on the tools’
In a bid to create more work for Victorian builders, the Andrews government will accelerate the removal of dangerous flammable cladding from apartments across the state. Over the past two decades, thousands of buildings across Australia have been built with cladding which after a series of fires both locally […] Click here to view original…
City centre luxury flats to have flammable cladding ripped off and replaced
Norfolk House on Norfolk Street in Liverpool, photographed in 2017 Two luxury housing blocks in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle are set to have cladding that doesn’t meet safety standards removed and replaced. Plans submitted to Liverpool Council for two phases of the Norfolk House development, owned by the Elliot Group, […] Click here to view original…
Government cladding guidance for PRS
It is the responsibility of building owners in the private residential sector to carry out necessary measures to ensure the safety of their residents. Since June, the government has been urging owners of private residential buildings over 18 metres to make urgent use of the free ACM screening tests […] Click here to view original…