Workmen seen tearing down dangerous ‘Lego block’ university accommodation cladding
Dangerous cladding – the accommodation blocks. (Image: Image: Phil Peries) WORK has begun to remove brightly coloured Lego-style cladding from university accommodation after it was deemed to be dangerous. Photographs appear to show work has begun to remove the cladding from the University of Essex accommodation in Southend’s University […]Click here to view original web…
London Property Prices London Homes in Financial Districts Saw Double-Digit Price Drops
London’s two major financial districts saw double-digit home price declines even before rising rates threatened to slam the brakes on the property market. House prices in the City of London slumped 17% in the 12 months through June, the biggest of any London borough in the period, according to […] Click here to view original…
Wirral businessman to tackle cladding crisis following Grenfell Tower tragedy
Intelligent FS co-founders Rob Williams (right) and Adam Gallagher (left) A BUSINESSMAN from Wirral was handed a £31million government contract to tackle the UK cladding crisis following the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017. Rob Williams and Adam Gallagher founded Intelligent FS in 2015, a firm which employs a boutique […] Click here to view original…
One in 10 at-risk high rises still have dangerous cladding
Buildings still in need of remediation concentrated in London and Manchester One in 10 residential high rises identified in the aftermath of the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy are still clad with aluminium composite materials. In total, 48 buildings, largely concentrated around Manchester and Greater London, have yet to be […] Click here to view original…
St Helens property boss sentenced for cladding form fraud
All firms were required to complete cladding safety forms introduced after the Grenfell Tower fire A property boss submitted fake building cladding safety forms in a “sustained fraud” to feed his gambling addiction, a judge has said. Thomas Clarke, of Rainhill, Merseyside, fraudulently filled in 55 forms which were […] Click here to view original…
Sam Webb obituary
Webb at the Ronan Point tower block in east London, 1986 Sam Webb was vilified, ridiculed and most importantly ignored in 50 years of campaigning to persuade governments to make council tower blocks safer. Talking to the Today programme on the morning after the Grenfell fire in North Kensington, […] Click here to view original…
Developers to fix unsafe cladding in tall buildings across Wales
Unsafe cladding will be replaced under the deal Ten developers have agreed to fix fire safety failings in all tall buildings they have worked on in Wales, the Welsh government has announced. The “Developers Pact” applies to buildings over 11 metres (36 ft), around four to six storeys high. […] Click here to view original…
One in 10 fire-risk high rises have not had cladding removed
Buildings still in need of remediation concentrated in London and Manchester One in 10 residential high rises identified in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy are still clad with dangerous aluminium composite material (ACM) panels. In total, 48 buildings, largely concentrated around Manchester and Greater London, have yet […] Click here to view original…
High-rise buildings in Derby given cladding all-clear following Grenfell audit
Rivermead House in Bath Street is one of Derby’s tallest residential blocks None of Derby’s residential high rise buildings were found to have unsafe cladding materials during an audit carried out jointly by Derby City Council and Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service (DFRS) in the wake of the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…
Edinburgh children’s hospital flammable cladding concerns as no date set to remove it
The new Edinburgh Sick Kids Hospital Concerns have been raised about potentially dangerous cladding on Sick Kids hospital after it was revealed there is no date to remove it. which is similar to that used on Grenfell Tower. The tragedy in London killed 72 people after the high-rise flats […] Click here to view original…
St Helens property boss sentenced for cladding form fraud
All firms were required to complete cladding safety forms introduced after the Grenfell Tower fire A property boss submitted fake building cladding safety forms in a “sustained fraud” to feed his gambling addiction, a judge has said. Thomas Clarke, of Rainhill, Merseyside, fraudulently filled in 55 forms which were […] Click here to view original…
Developers to fix unsafe cladding in tall buildings across Wales
Unsafe cladding will be replaced under the deal Ten developers have agreed to fix fire safety failings in all tall buildings they have worked on in Wales, the Welsh government has announced. The “Developers Pact” applies to buildings over 11 metres (36 ft), around four to six storeys high. […] Click here to view original…