Cladding

The fire at Mosaic Apartments in Slough (Image: Nq) A fire on Slough High Street is a ‘horrific reminder’ of the risks posed by flammable cladding still fitted to blocks of flats, a government minister has said. Mosaic Apartments on Slough High Street was evacuated after a fire broke […] Click here to view original…

Former housing secretary Michael Gove has apologised to the relatives and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire (Aaron Chown/PA) Former housing secretary Michael Gove has said criminal prosecutions should be brought against Grenfell Tower cladding firms. Companies that are “still making vast profits without acknowledging their full responsibility” must […] Click here to view original…

Owners of up to 7,000 buildings have yet to apply for funds to address fire risks caused by unsafe cladding, according to the Government. ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW Housing minister Rushanara Ali said remediation work has started at 50% of the 4,630 residential buildings above 11 metres which […] Click here to view original…

Listen to this article The final report of the Grenfell Inquiry has highlighted the fact that millions of homes and offices around the world could be encased in combustible cladding and insulation panels. Lucy Barnard looks at how construction professionals and government officials around the world are working to […] Click here to view original…

A Commons debate on building safety and resilience took place just days after the final report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry was published Owners of up to 7,000 buildings have yet to apply for funds to address fire risks caused by unsafe cladding, according to the Government. Housing minister […] Click here to view original…

The council has confirmed the number of buildings that meet the building scheme requirements (Image: The Adventures of Quattro/ St Helens Archive Service) THE public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire concluded that the disaster was the result of “decades of failure” by the government and the construction industry. […] Click here to view original…

MORE than 5,000 high-rises across Scotland are covered in deadly Grenfell Tower-style cladding, it has been revealed. Homes , schools , hospitals and firms are coated in panelling putting 25,000 at risk. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy […] Click here to view original…

ILLUSTRATION BY HAYLEY DALRYMPLE With its imposing art deco design, The Eagle development in Hackney, east London, was heralded as an “outstanding” 27-storey building that “has certainly benefited the whole community” by Jules Pipe, Sadiq Khan’s deputy mayor for planning and the fire service. Yet the reality for those […] Click here to view original…

Flammable cladding has been replaced on just one high-rise housing block out of 5,500 in Scotland, seven years after the Grenfell Tower fire. The Aurora Apartments in Aberdeen is the only building to have had dangerous cladding taken off under the government scheme (picture: Diamond & Company) Sharelines Flammable […] Click here to view original…

Mary Isokariari, from left, Germana Bacchini and her husband, and Sahand Mozafari have been waiting years for their buildings to be made fire safe Steve Day lives in a London apartment block lined with £16.7m worth of flammable claddin g. He believes it is so dangerous his building could […] Click here to view original…