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 web…

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…

Inland Homes PLC on Friday said it has signed a UK government building safety contract. The self-remediation pact with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities addresses life-critical fire safety issues on all buildings of 11 metres and above in England developed by the company in the 30 […] Click here to view original…

(Alliance News) – Inland Homes PLC on Friday said it has signed a UK government building safety contract. The self-remediation pact with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities addresses life-critical fire safety issues on all buildings of 11 metres and above in England developed by the company […] Click here to view original…

Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Michael Gove four more companies have signed up to post-Grenfell building safety contracts (Aaron Chown/PA) Michael Gove said more companies have signed up to post-Grenfell building safety contracts after he named and shamed some of the firms earlier this month […] Click here to view original…

Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here . We start this week with a reminder that as it’s the last weekend of the month, you can drop off […] Click here to view original…

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…

The Lacrosse Tower in Docklands was the site of a huge fire in 2014, spawning investigations into the use of combustible cladding in Victoria. Cladding-affected apartment owners are struggling to sell their homes and have unknown costs and timelines hanging over their heads six years after the establishment of […] Click here to view original…

The bill to remove unsafe cladding and repair a seven-storey apartment block in Slough town centre has risen to almost £30million . Nova House, in Buckingham Gardens, failed a Government cladding safety test in June 2017 in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster in London. Slough Borough Council […] Click here to view original…

Developers refusing to pay to fix fire safety defects could face legal action from the Welsh government, the first minister has said. Mark Drakeford said ministers would ensure leaseholders “don’t end up having to foot the bill”. He said he did not expect firms “failing to play their part” […] Click here to view original…

Ron Alalouff reports on the chaos surrounding a residential block with a range of complex fire safety defects. A residential block in Ipswich poses such serious risk to residents that they were abruptly told to vacate the building after two prohibition notices in the space of four months were […] Click here to view original…

The RIBA also says all existing blocks above 18m with single staircases should be refurbished with evacuation lifts Architects’ body the RIBA and seven other built environment groups have called on the government to lower the threshold of the proposed single staircase ban in residential blocks from 30m to […] Click here to view original…