Cladding

The inquiry found firms had not done enough in protecting residence in Grenfell Tower. Irish firm Kingspan has been urged by Michael Gove to provide a “comprehensive package of financial support” where cladding products were “inappropriately used on buildings”. The levelling up secretary wrote to the company after it […] Click here to view original…

Britain’s 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 amount of Kingspan’s Kooltherm K15 insulation was used on the […] Click here to view original…

It comes following a report suggesting the firm would pay for remediation work in high-rise buildings where its cladding had been used. Photo: PA Images Britain’s housing secretary has written to insulation firm Kingspan to invite the company for talks with officials, following a report suggesting it could pay […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove has written to insulation firm Kingspan (PA) / PA Archive T he 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 […] Click here to view original…

WORK to replace defective cladding at two residential tower blocks in Poole is nearing completion after more than two years of mishaps and delays. BCP Council and contractor United Living have confirmed to the Echo the last of the cladding panels at Sterte Court in Poole are expected to […] Click here to view original…

WORK to replace defective cladding at two residential tower blocks in Poole is nearing completion after more than two years of mishaps and delays. BCP Council and contractor United Living have confirmed to the Echo the last of the cladding panels at Sterte Court in Poole are expected to […] Click here to view original…

Firms exposed by Michael Gove for failing to sign a contract to repair post-Grenfell safety risks have joined the scheme. The housing secretary gave companies until 13 March to sign the agreement aimed at addressing cladding issues exposed by the Grenfell Tower fire. Mr Gove named the 11 firms […] Click here to view original…

Introduction As a consequence of the Grenfell Tower disaster and the recommendations made in Dame Judith Hackitt’s report, the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) was passed on 28 April 2022, with a staggered roll out of its provisions thereafter. It has introduced a new regime with a particular emphasis […] Click here to view original…

Government confirmed Anglo-Irish firm had signed the contract on Friday Anglo-Irish housebuilder Ballymore has become the latest housebuilder to sign the government’s building safety contract, after missing last Monday’s deadline. The firm issued a statement on Friday last week, three days after the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and […] Click here to view original…

The Aurora apartments is getting its cladding replaced as part of a Scottish Government trial scheme. Image: Chris Cromar/DC Thomson. A block of Aberdeen flats are among the first in the country to get its Grenfell-style cladding removed under a Scottish Government scheme. The nine-story Aurora apartments, which are […] Click here to view original…