Cladding

Housing secretary Michael Gove has warned US-based cladding supplier Arconic that it can expect “commercial consequences” if it does not commit to contributing to the costs of remediating unsafe buildings. The firm manufactured and sold the flammable cladding that was used on Grenfell Tower. But Gove has said on […] Click here to view original…

In another strongly-word letter to US-based supplier of aluminium cladding Arconic, he has called on the manufacturer to set out plans to pay for remediation works on unsafe buildings. Yesterday the Enquirer revealled he has also written to insulation manufacturer Kingspan whose K15 insulation was used on Grenfell Tower. […] Click here to view original…

Housing secretary fires off letter to another products firm involved in 2017 tragedy Michael Gove has turned his guns on products firm Arconic as he continues to ramp up the pressure on manufacturers to put their hands in their pockets and help pay for cladding remediation work in the […] Click here to view original…

The UK government has called for a meeting with Kingspan, the manufacturer of combustible insulation used on Grenfell Tower, to discuss cladding compensation In 2017, 72 people died due to a fire that broke out in Grenfell Tower due to its flammable cladding and insulation . The events at […] Click here to view original…

Housing secretary wants to hear from material firm’s chief executive before Easter Housing secretary Michael Gove has written to Kingspan asking it to meet him before Easter to discuss how much money the products firm would be prepared to fork out to pay for fire safety remediation. The five […] Click here to view original…

Housing secretary wants to hear from material firm’s chief executive before Easter Housing secretary Michael Gove has written to Kingspan asking it to meet him before Easter to discuss how much money the products firm would be prepared to fork out to pay for fire safety remediation. The five […] Click here to view original…

The cladding scandal is far from over. Peter Apps breaks down where the problems lie and the huge challenge facing leaseholders in unsafe buildings Giles Grover, pictured outside his apartment block in Manchester, where he faces a bill of £18,000 to repair serious fire defects in the building. Developer […] Click here to view original…

The letter was sent to Kingspan CEO, Gene Murtagh The UK Housing Secretary has written to insulation firm Kingspan to invite the company for talks with officials, following a report suggesting it could pay for post-Grenfell remediation work in high-rise buildings where its product had been used. A small […] Click here to view original…

[Getty Images] In recent months, Michael Gove has been upsetting not only the house-building industry but its defenders, too. The Levelling-up Secretary has been accused of ‘blackmail’ by online newspaper Cap X, which compared his actions to ‘Putin’s Russia or Erdogan’s Turkey’. The Telegraph mocked him up on a […] Click here to view original…

The cladding scandal is far from over. Peter Apps breaks down where the problems lie and the huge challenge facing leaseholders in unsafe buildings Giles Grover, pictured outside his apartment block in Manchester, where he faces a bill of £18,000 to repair serious fire defects in the building. Developer […] Click here to view original…