Why developers deserve to pay for the cladding crisis
[Getty Images] In recent months, Michael Gove has been upsetting not only the house-building industry but its defenders, too. The Levelling-up Secretary has been accused of ‘blackmail’ by online newspaper Cap X, which compared his actions to ‘Putin’s Russia or Erdogan’s Turkey’. The Telegraph mocked him up on a […]Click here to view original web…
The building safety crisis: far from over
The cladding scandal is far from over. Peter Apps breaks down where the problems lie and the huge challenge facing leaseholders in unsafe buildings Giles Grover, pictured outside his apartment block in Manchester, where he faces a bill of £18,000 to repair serious fire defects in the building. Developer […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell Tower: Gove urges Kingspan to fund cladding compensation
The inquiry found firms had not done enough in protecting residence in Grenfell Tower. Irish firm Kingspan has been urged by Michael Gove to provide a “comprehensive package of financial support” where cladding products were “inappropriately used on buildings”. The levelling up secretary wrote to the company after it […] Click here to view original…
UK housing secretary invites Kingspan for talks on post-Grenfell remediation package
Britain’s housing secretary has written to insulation firm Kingspan to invite the company for talks with officials, following a report suggesting it could pay for post-Grenfell remediation work in high-rise buildings where its product had been used. A small amount of Kingspan’s Kooltherm K15 insulation was used on the […] Click here to view original…
UK housing secretary invites Kingspan for talks on post-Grenfell remediation package
It comes following a report suggesting the firm would pay for remediation work in high-rise buildings where its cladding had been used. Photo: PA Images Britain’s housing secretary has written to insulation firm Kingspan to invite the company for talks with officials, following a report suggesting it could pay […] Click here to view original…
Gove invites Kingspan for talks on post-Grenfell remediation package
Michael Gove has written to insulation firm Kingspan (PA) / PA Archive T he Housing Secretary has written to insulation firm Kingspan to invite the company for talks with officials, following a report suggesting it could pay for post- Grenfell remediation work in high-rise buildings where its product had […] Click here to view original…
Defective cladding work at Sterte Court to finish in summer
WORK to replace defective cladding at two residential tower blocks in Poole is nearing completion after more than two years of mishaps and delays. BCP Council and contractor United Living have confirmed to the Echo the last of the cladding panels at Sterte Court in Poole are expected to […] Click here to view original…
Defective cladding work at Sterte Court to finish in summer
WORK to replace defective cladding at two residential tower blocks in Poole is nearing completion after more than two years of mishaps and delays. BCP Council and contractor United Living have confirmed to the Echo the last of the cladding panels at Sterte Court in Poole are expected to […] Click here to view original…
Cladding: More firms sign post-Grenfell fire safety contract
Firms exposed by Michael Gove for failing to sign a contract to repair post-Grenfell safety risks have joined the scheme. The housing secretary gave companies until 13 March to sign the agreement aimed at addressing cladding issues exposed by the Grenfell Tower fire. Mr Gove named the 11 firms […] Click here to view original…
Basic Guide to Different Types of Liabilities and Claims Under the Building Safety Act 2022
Introduction As a consequence of the Grenfell Tower disaster and the recommendations made in Dame Judith Hackitt’s report, the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) was passed on 28 April 2022, with a staggered roll out of its provisions thereafter. It has introduced a new regime with a particular emphasis […] Click here to view original…
Ballymore latest housebuilder to sign the government’s cladding contract
Government confirmed Anglo-Irish firm had signed the contract on Friday Anglo-Irish housebuilder Ballymore has become the latest housebuilder to sign the government’s building safety contract, after missing last Monday’s deadline. The firm issued a statement on Friday last week, three days after the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and […] Click here to view original…
Aberdeen block of flats among first to get Grenfell-style cladding replaced
The Aurora apartments is getting its cladding replaced as part of a Scottish Government trial scheme. Image: Chris Cromar/DC Thomson. A block of Aberdeen flats are among the first in the country to get its Grenfell-style cladding removed under a Scottish Government scheme. The nine-story Aurora apartments, which are […] Click here to view original…