Cladding

It’s between the Scottish Government and housing developers The deal’s to avoid incidents like the Grenfell tower fire Author: Kieran Brand An agreement, in-principle, has been reached with housing developers on the removal of unsafe cladding from buildings, the Scottish Government has said. The deal, which includes the industry […] Click here to view original…

On Monday 12 June, the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee holds the first evidence session of its inquiry into the finances and sustainability of the social housing sector in England. Watch Parliament TV: The finances and sustainability of the social housing sector Inquiry: The finances and sustainability […] Click here to view original…

After determining that the reports calling for cladding work were neither “reasonable nor proportionate,” the government stated that they should be revised. 08 June 2023 FD&A Fire Stopping Extinguishing Systems Cavity Barriers Fire Risk Assessment East London leaseholders caught in the cladding crisis have hailed a sense of “progress” […] Click here to view original…

Grenfell Tower in London where more than 70 people died in 2017, had a type of aluminium composite cladding that contributed to the fire spreading, an inquiry found. (File photo) The Court of Appeal is being asked to decide the best way to sort through potentially hundreds of claims […] Click here to view original…

The Government (WWRF 2023). This is a separate fund, which builds on the work of the Waking Watch Replacement Fund set up in January 2022 (WWRF 2022), and the Waking Watch Relief Fund that was originally established in 2020 (described below). The aim of the WWRF 2023 is to […] Click here to view original…

An in-principle agreement has been reached with housing developers on the removal of unsafe cladding from buildings, the Scottish Government has said. The deal, which includes the industry body Homes for Scotland, could lead to companies which built the properties paying for the cladding work to be remediated. A […] Click here to view original…

EXCLUSIVE: Six years on from Grenfell, people still don’t know when buildings will be made safe. 21:18, Sun, May 21, 2023 | UPDATED: 21:18, Sun, May 21, 2023 Grenfell Tower and London landmarks illuminated on anniversary The cladding scandal revealed after the Grenfell Tower inferno in June 2017 remains […] Click here to view original…

A fire occurred at Grenfell Tower in London in June 2017 which killed 72 people and destroyed the 24-storey block of 129 residential flats. A public inquiry to investigate the disaster and if any lessons could be learnt later made a series of recommendations for fire services, with NFRS […] Click here to view original…

The Grenfell Tower in London where more than 70 people died in 2017, had a type of aluminium composite cladding that contributed to the fire spreading, an inquiry found. (File photo) The German maker of an allegedly combustible type of exterior building cladding faces a case in the New […] Click here to view original…

Paul Afshar is the owner of an apartment in Yorkshire blighted by unresolved building safety issues brought to light by the Grenfell tragedy.Here, as the sixth anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy draws near, he asks if developers will put people before profit:Six years ago I watched in horror as […] Click here to view original…