Cladding removal programme in ‘disarray’
Grenfell Tower ablaze in 2017 The Scottish Government’s programme to remove risky Grenfell-style cladding from buildings is in “disarray” due to a lack of confidence in its delivery, according to new documents. The UK Government gave Scottish ministers £97m two years ago to improve potentially fatal cladding on buildings […]Click here to view original web…
Cladding removal programme in ‘disarray’
Grenfell Tower ablaze in 2017 The Scottish Government’s programme to remove risky Grenfell-style cladding from buildings is in “disarray” due to a lack of confidence in its delivery, according to new documents. The UK Government gave Scottish ministers £97m two years ago to improve potentially fatal cladding on buildings […] Click here to view original…
Bristol tower blocks: More than half have flammable polystyrene cladding
Aerial view of Bristol including the tower blocks in Barton Hill More than half of council tower blocks in Bristol have flammable polystyrene cladding which will be removed after a fire last month. Removing the cladding could take a decade and fire safety experts are warning hundreds of tower […] Click here to view original…
Bristol council was warned of polystyrene cladding dangers long before tower block blaze, so why didn’t it act sooner?
The Cable quizzes Bristol City Council’s housing chief on the ‘urgent’ rollout of new high-rise fire safety measures, how much it’s all going to cost, and why the authority didn’t act faster. Bristol City Council had been warned of the fire risks related to Eccleston House’s cladding system four […] Click here to view original…
Bristol to replace cladding on 38 towers amid fire risk concerns
Bristol City Council is to reclad more than half of its 64 residential tower blocks following two high-rise fires Cabinet member for housing Tom Renhard announced last week that towers across Bristol would be reclad to reduce the risk of fires spreading. The city has been hit by two […] Click here to view original…
Harold Wood homeowners told no cladding works necessary
Inspections were carried out into four Kings Park blocks earlier this year to check for possible remedial works (Image: Google) Homeowners in four blocks of flats have been given the all-clear over cladding – but an MP says others still face doubts over the safety and the saleability of […] Click here to view original…
More than one hundred residents STILL living in ‘fire risk’ high-rise flat blocks in Northampton town centre
More than 100 residents are STILL living in “fire safety risk” high-rise flat blocks in Northampton town centre. In November 2021, PA Housing submitted plans to remove cladding and combustible materials from the two Newlife Apartments in Crispin Street, where there are 140 properties. An investigation into the buildings […] Click here to view original…
Frustrated residents ‘trapped’ as work delayed to replace cladding
RESIDENTS of Crown Heights have expressed their dissatisfaction with how long it is taking for potentially dangerous cladding to be removed from the building. As previously reported , the external cladding at Crown Heights, which has around 250 flats, contains the flammable material ‘expanded polystyrene’ and features no firebreaks. […] Click here to view original…
Harold Wood homeowners told no cladding works necessary
Inspections were carried out into four Kings Park blocks earlier this year to check for possible remedial works (Image: Google) Homeowners in four blocks of flats have been given the all-clear over cladding – but an MP says others still face doubts over the safety and the saleability of […] Click here to view original…
Crown Heights residents react to lack of action on cladding
Work to replace the cladding at Crown Heights is yet to go ahead. (Image: Chris Atkinson) RESIDENTS of Crown Heights have expressed their dissatisfaction with how long it is taking for potentially dangerous cladding to be removed from the building. As previously reported , the external cladding at Crown […] Click here to view original…
Harold Wood homeowners told no cladding works necessary
Inspections were carried out into four Kings Park blocks earlier this year to check for possible remedial works (Image: Google) Homeowners in four blocks of flats have been given the all-clear over cladding – but an MP says others still face doubts over the safety and the saleability of […] Click here to view original…
Bristol council was warned of polystyrene cladding dangers long before tower block blaze, so why didn’t it act sooner?
The Cable quizzes Bristol City Council’s housing chief on the ‘urgent’ rollout of new high-rise fire safety measures, how much it’s all going to cost, and why the authority didn’t act faster. Bristol City Council had been warned of the fire risks related to Eccleston House’s cladding system four […] Click here to view original…