THE NATIONAL Fire Chiefs Council has called for the Grenfell Tower Inquiry (GTI), which is set to resume next week to get to the truth about why such dangerous cladding came to be installed on the building – and ensure those responsible are held to account. grenfell tower The […]Click here to view original web…

Fire minister held talks over the reluctance of fire engineers to sign RICS’ EWS1 form required by mortgage lenders The government has held talks with the RICS to attempt to resolve confusion over its EWS1 fire safety form, which has been blamed for a hiatus in second-hand flat sales […] Click here to view original…

Laing O’Rourke replaced Carillion as main contractor on the wider hospital rebuild The search for a contractor to remediate faulty cladding at the hospital has been called off in favour of handing the job to the original manufacturer, Martifer. Portugal-based Martifer is going to strip off the faulty material […] Click here to view original…

The fire in Grenfell Tower claimed 72 lives three years ago At least 40 tower blocks still have unsafe cladding three years after the Grenfell disaster – with no plans to remove it. The shocking figure represents more than half of 75 private blocks identified as potential fire-traps by […] Click here to view original…

Video Ipswich MP Tom Hunt has written a letter to housing secretary Robert Jenrick over St Francis Tower Picture: HOUSE OF COMMONS Spiralling costs to replace flammable cladding on Ipswich’s St Francis Tower have been brought to the attention of the housing minister by the town’s MP. Tom Hunt […] Click here to view original…

The housing association bpha owns 14 tower blocks in Bedford, including Ashburnham Court, built in 1954, and Bury Court, which followed in 1967. Julie Wittich, bpha’s executive director of assets, told Bedford Borough Council’s climate change committee that the tower blocks are leaking heat and are in need of […] Click here to view original…

At an adjournment debate last night, July 14, MP Rushanara Ali put a number of questions on cladding to Christopher Pincher, the conservative minister for housing, communities and local government. Picture: Rushanara Ali An MP has demanded the government prioritise the removal of flammable cladding, amid concerns that too […] Click here to view original…

Mortgage lenders are reviewing how they use the EWS1 forms for assessing buildings with cladding and the advice given to surveyors after meeting with government. Housing minister Christopher Pincher (pictured) admitted that lenders had been using the forms more often than originally intended and that borrowers trying to access […] Click here to view original…

Concerns have been raised over the progress and funding of the remediation efforts after the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) established the Building Safety Programme to tackle dangerous cladding in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster. A report by the National Audit Office (NAC) revealed […] Click here to view original…

In March the chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a new building safety fund worth £1bn which would pay for the removal of all unsafe combustible cladding on buildings, 18 metres or higher, following the Grenfell Tower fire. Laura Pearce lives in an apartment that is covered in combustible cladding. It […] Click here to view original…

Aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding was seen as a cheap alternative to the architect’s preference for the Grenfell Tower refurbishment, the inquiry into the fire heard yesterday. Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk

The recent cut in stamp duty could help boost the property market amid the coronavirus pandemic – but there are a slice of homeowners who are unable to take advantage due to unsafe cladding. They have been unable to sell their homes due to the flammable materials used on […] Click here to view original…