Government pays £1 billion to release apartment leaseholders from cladding nightmare
The estimated 600,000 apartment owners who have been unable to sell their homes because they live in tower blocks over 18 metres tall fitted with unsafe cladding are to be helped with a further £1 billion in funding. A Building Safety Fund has been launched by the Ministry of […] Click here to view original…
New £1 billion building safety fund to remove dangerous cladding from high rise buildings
Building owners urged to register for the government’s £1 billion fund to remove and replace unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on high-rise residential buildings. Fund takes total government funding for cladding remediation to £1.6 billion Sprinkler systems to be provided in all new blocks of high-rise residential buildings over 11 […] Click here to view original…
Remediation of non-ACM buildings
In the March 2020 budget, the government announced that it will provide £1 billion in 2020 to 2021 to support the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding system on residential buildings 18 metres and over in both the private and social housing sectors. The government is now asking potential applicants […] Click here to view original…
Residents in 344-apartment Edgbaston development are told they live in a fire death trap
Hemisphere apartments Residents in an Edgbaston apartment complex are appealing for help after a fire safety inspection found they were living in a deathtrap. Fire engineers reported a 100% failure rate when they examined external wall systems at Hemisphere Apartments in Edgbaston, and found that fire control systems are […] Click here to view original…
Brum leaseholders on uninsured cladding site face eviction, reports BBC R4 You and Yours
In default of their mortgages. Some furloughed. Some unemployed. All looking to government … Brindley House, pictured behind, is a 16-storey ex-telecom office building from the 1970s that was converted into flats in 2011 after years of abandonment (photo credit Elliott Brown). The former BT property will lie empty […] Click here to view original…
Remediation Cladding Deadlines Missed By Majority Of ACM Buildings
The Government has conceded that deadlines to ensure all remediation work on the removal of dangerous cladding on buildings by June will not be met. Unfortunately, the recent lockdown has meant that many remediation projects were forced to halt, with many construction sites likely to have struggled regardless of […] Click here to view original…
NHS heroes stuck in cladding ‘bureaucratic nightmare’, Mayor tells MPs
The Grenfell Tower block in west London in October 2019. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA. Hundreds of Hackney leaseholders are living with “considerable stress and anxiety” as they battle building owners, mortgage lenders and the government over the removal of potentially dangerous cladding. This was the message from Hackney’s mayor in […] Click here to view original…
Hotels uncovered: contractors locked in multi-million-pound cladding disputes
As the government looks to extend the combustible materials ban to hotels, Construction News reveals the glut of legal disputes between hotel chains and contractors already under way … Click here to view original web page at www.constructionnews.co.uk
Balfour Beatty in £800,000 cladding dispute with Travelodge
Hotel chain Travelodge is suing Balfour Beatty for £800,000 to fund the removal of what it says is combustible cladding on the outside of its Swansea city centre building. […] Click here to view original web page at www.constructionnews.co.uk
Government backs away from June deadline for Grenfell-style cladding removal
15 May digital edition of Inside Housing out now Five buildings complete cladding remediation work despite lockdown pauses London high rise undergoing cladding work hit by fire Regulator grants deadline extension to councils with safety issues Council leaders join pledge to continue vital building safety work during pandemic Leaseholders […] Click here to view original…
Government backs away from pledge to remove Grenfell-style cladding from high-rise buildings by June
Some 307 high-rise towers are still awaiting the completion of remediation work as of the end of April The government has backed away from its pledge to have Grenfell-style cladding removed from tall buildings by next month, with the dangerous material remaining on hundreds of buildings. In July last […] Click here to view original…