Cladding

Grenfell Tower (Image: Loz Pycock/Wikimedia Commons) UK-based contractor Rydon has paid out nearly £26.7 million (€31.3 million) to settle a civil court claim lodged by people affected by the Grenfell Tower disaster in London. A fire at Grenfell Tower, on 14 June 2017, claimed the lives of 72 people. […] Click here to view original…

It has been councils’ priority to ensure that lessons from Grenfell are learned and that swift action is taken to ensure that every tenant has access to a safe and high-quality home. Key messages Funding building and fire safety works Key messages The LGA welcomed the Building Safety Act, […] Click here to view original…

The help to buy rules never foresaw the consequences of the Grenfell disaster. My block failed a fire safety inspection after Grenfell, but the scheme won’t allow me to buy a second property I own a flat in a cladded block which failed its fire safety inspection and is […] Click here to view original…

Cladding contractors have a crucial role to play in remediating potentially unsafe high-rise buildings – but they are beset by a variety of problems impacting their ability to implement solutions. Keith Cooper investigates The precise financial cost of removing unsafe cladding from residential blocks is still one of the […] Click here to view original…

A report into Cardinal Lofts showed the plans were signed off despite them not complying with building regulations at the time By Mariam Issimdar BBC News, Suffolk Residents of a nine-storey tower block evacuated for not complying with fire regulations have been informed of 17 issues that require fixing. […] Click here to view original…

Residents at a block of flats in Ipswich waterfront will protest outside the headquarters of a consultancy firm over concerns it failed in its duties as administrator. The leaseholders’ association for The Mill, in Foundry Lane, will picket outside RSM UK’s offices in Dettingen Way, Bury St Edmunds , […] Click here to view original…

Matthew Bonye and Shanna Davison consider the impact of the Building Safety Act on the operation and recovery of service charges in occupied residential buildings The Building Safety Act 2022 (the ” Act “) is probably one of the biggest shake-ups we have seen in the real estate sector […] Click here to view original…

A report into Cardinal Lofts showed the plans were signed off despite them not complying with building regulations at the time By Mariam Issimdar BBC News, Suffolk Residents of a nine-storey tower block evacuated for not complying with fire regulations have been informed of 17 issues that require fixing. […] Click here to view original…

In the wake of the horrific fire that claimed the lives of 72 people, concerns over the use of combustible panels in Grenfell Tower, which is still located on the nation’s superhospital, prompted a thorough investigation six years after it was deemed safe. 03 July 2023 Fire Engineering FD&A […] Click here to view original…

The building sector has been left in a state of confusion after all of the nine-member regulatory board of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) suddenly resigned en masse late yesterday. The RICS Standards and Regulation Board is responsible for reviewing and investigating surveyors who aren’t following industry […] Click here to view original…