Anthony Marley: Why new Scottish building legislation is a step in the right direction
Anthony Marley, director at Northern Ireland-based remediation specialist Anamore, comments on the changes to the cladding remediation programme in Scotland. Building safety and fire compliance involving cladding on high-rise buildings has become a prominent topic across the UK, with local governments assessing laws and regulations to help fix non-compliant […]Click here to view original web…
High hopes, low quality: special levies and repairs plague new apartment owners
By Melissa Cunningham May 19, 2024 — 5.00am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Up to 60 per cent of new apartments in Australia are riddled with construction flaws […] Click here to view original…
Hospital cladding cost tops $40 million, as PCH testing shows all panels are flammable
Flammable cladding on some of WA’s biggest hospitals will finally be removed nearly seven years after 72 people died in the UK’s Grenfell Tower fire due to similar panelling. After the June 2017 blaze at the 24-storey London apartment block, the government took two years to confirm that hospitals […] Click here to view original…
Vista Tower freeholder hits back at government for “moving the goalposts” in cladding case
Image source: Google Street View The freeholder behind Vista Tower in Stevenage has expressed frustration with the government after it labelled a court decision on fire safety issues “a victory for leaseholders”. Grey GR was taken to court by the department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for failing […] Click here to view original…
MSPs pass Bill aimed at countering cladding risks
MSPs have voted to pass a Bill aimed at reducing the risk of Grenfell-style fires caused by cladding on buildings. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously by 116 MSPs on Tuesday. The Scottish Government set up a cladding remediation programme following the London fire which killed […] Click here to view original…
MSPs pass Bill aimed at countering cladding risks
Housing minister Paul McLennan said the Bill lays the ‘foundations needed to drive forward our remediation programme at pace’ MSPs have voted to pass a Bill aimed at reducing the risk of Grenfell-style fires caused by cladding on buildings. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously by […] Click here to view original…
New powers to tackle unsafe cladding passed
Housing minister Paul McLennan Legislation giving Scottish Ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings which have unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided, has been unanimously approved in the Scottish Parliament. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill will allow the creation of a Cladding Assurance Register […] Click here to view original…
Scottish bill passed to counter Grenfell-style cladding in buildings
Grenfell Tower, west London, was destroyed in a devastating blaze, killing 79 people. Photograph: David Mirzoeff/PA Wire. MSPs have voted to pass a Bill aimed at reducing the risk of Grenfell-style fires caused by cladding on buildings. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously by 116 MSPs […] Click here to view original…
Scottish bill passed to counter Grenfell-style cladding in buildings
Grenfell Tower, west London, was destroyed in a devastating blaze, killing 79 people. Photograph: David Mirzoeff/PA Wire. MSPs have voted to pass a Bill aimed at reducing the risk of Grenfell-style fires caused by cladding on buildings. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously by 116 MSPs […] Click here to view original…
MSPs pass Bill aimed at countering fire risk of cladding on buildings
The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously by 116 MSPs on Tuesday. MSPs have voted to pass a Bill aimed at reducing the risk of Grenfell-style fires caused by cladding on buildings. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously by 116 MSPs on Tuesday. The […] Click here to view original…
‘Inconceivable’: Hundreds of Barnet residents face paying up to £23,000 to reclad ex-council homes over fire risk
More than 400 Barnet residents have been told they must pay between £14,000 and £23,000 to replace cladding which the council has identified as a fire risk Barnet residents who have been told their homes must be reclad at their expense Shelley Levene Barnet residents have spoken of their […] Click here to view original…
Paramount building in Swindon still covered in scaffolding
The Paramount building in Swindon town centre (Image: Newsquest) A town centre building remains covered in scaffolding as workers remove potentially deadly cladding. The sight of the Paramount building which houses a now-closed former Kiss Gym and a number of flats being wrapped up in scaffolding as been a […] Click here to view original…