Cladding

Harrington joined Intelligent FS as Chairman and Director last November. He was construction minister from June 2017 to March 2019. Intelligent FS was set-up in 2016 but is expanding rapidly after winning a £31m government contract to help tackle the post-Grenfell cladding crisis. The business has major re-cladding contracts […] Click here to view original…

Following 1) Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley &Co Ltd and 2) LDC (Portfolio One) Ltd v George Downing Construction Ltd and European Sheeting Ltd, the High Court has found in favour of allowing building owners to recover the costs of remedying defective or unsafe cladding, and for waking-watch costs. […] Click here to view original…

How does the Building Safety Act affect you? The Building Safety Act 2022 (Act) was brought in to try and tackle some of the fundamental safety issues brought to the fore by the Grenfell disaster, by allocating responsibility to deal with remedial works to make buildings safe (predominately, but […] Click here to view original…

Stafford Junior School in Ringwood Road is part of the Cavendish Education Trust and caters to children aged seven-11. The application is for the existing timber cladding to be removed and replaced with a new Hardie Plank Cladding panel and fire improvement system. Plans say the current cladding is […] Click here to view original…

Following 1) Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley &Co Ltd and 2) LDC (Portfolio One) Ltd v George Downing Construction Ltd and European Sheeting Ltd, the High Court has found in favour of allowing building owners to recover the costs of remedying defective or unsafe cladding, and for waking-watch costs. […] Click here to view original…

The Green Party’s one MP, Caroline Lucas, is due to visit Bristol on Thursday to support Patrick McAllister in the Hotwells & Harbourside by-election. It comes as the Lib Dem candidate for the ward, Stephen Williams, has accused the Greens of a smear campaign and employing “desperate tactics” as […] Click here to view original…

Team of fire safety exports will continually patrol a residential building in Glasgow. Play Video A “waking watch” patrol has been introduced at a block of flats in Glasgow after fire safety issues were identified. The measure will see a team of fire safety experts patrol the grounds and […] Click here to view original…

Dane House is on the Exeter Place development in Sydenham. CREDIT: Robert Firth South London families are having to fork out £1,000 per year on insurance for their homes because of fears cladding on their apartment block is dangerous. Residents of Dane House in Sydenham are paying £23,000 between […] Click here to view original…

Homeowners have been unable to move from flats with flammable cladding Anyone living in a flat with cladding may find it easier to get a mortgage from this week after Britain’s largest banks agreed to lend on some high-rise blocks. Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Nationwide Building Society, NatWest and Santander […] Click here to view original…

Basingstoke MP welcomes government announcement on ‘unsafe’ buildings BASINGSTOKE’S MP is supporting the government’s announcement that housing developers should be legally contracted to fix unsafe buildings. The latest government announcement on unsafe housing confirms that it will be developers – and not the taxpayer – who will be obliged […] Click here to view original…