Cladding

All firms were required to complete cladding safety forms introduced after the Grenfell Tower fire A property boss submitted fake building cladding safety forms in a “sustained fraud” to feed his gambling addiction, a judge has said. Thomas Clarke, of Rainhill, Merseyside, fraudulently filled in 55 forms which were […] Click here to view original…

Webb at the Ronan Point tower block in east London, 1986 Sam Webb was vilified, ridiculed and most importantly ignored in 50 years of campaigning to persuade governments to make council tower blocks safer. Talking to the Today programme on the morning after the Grenfell fire in North Kensington, […] Click here to view original…

Buildings still in need of remediation concentrated in London and Manchester One in 10 residential high rises identified in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy are still clad with dangerous aluminium composite material (ACM) panels. In total, 48 buildings, largely concentrated around Manchester and Greater London, have yet […] Click here to view original…

Unsafe cladding will be replaced under the deal Ten developers have agreed to fix fire safety failings in all tall buildings they have worked on in Wales, the Welsh government has announced. The “Developers Pact” applies to buildings over 11 metres (36 ft), around four to six storeys high. […] Click here to view original…

Rivermead House in Bath Street is one of Derby’s tallest residential blocks None of Derby’s residential high rise buildings were found to have unsafe cladding materials during an audit carried out jointly by Derby City Council and Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service (DFRS) in the wake of the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…

The new Edinburgh Sick Kids Hospital Concerns have been raised about potentially dangerous cladding on Sick Kids hospital after it was revealed there is no date to remove it. which is similar to that used on Grenfell Tower. The tragedy in London killed 72 people after the high-rise flats […] Click here to view original…

All firms were required to complete cladding safety forms introduced after the Grenfell Tower fire A property boss submitted fake building cladding safety forms in a “sustained fraud” to feed his gambling addiction, a judge has said. Thomas Clarke, of Rainhill, Merseyside, fraudulently filled in 55 forms which were […] Click here to view original…

Unsafe cladding will be replaced under the deal Ten developers have agreed to fix fire safety failings in all tall buildings they have worked on in Wales, the Welsh government has announced. The “Developers Pact” applies to buildings over 11 metres (36 ft), around four to six storeys high. […] Click here to view original…

Housebuilders are yet to sign a contract with the Government almost six months after they agreed to a pledge to fix any dangerous buildings that they developed Charlotte Meehan is trapped living in a dangerous one-bedroom flat in Bow, East London (Photo: supplied) People living in homes caught up […] Click here to view original…

Residents are trapped living in 38sqm flats in west London until a solution is found to pay for the remediation of various fire safety issues within their block Vivian Zhou has been trapped working from home in her 38sqm apartment since the pandemic started (Photo: Supplied) Families say they […] Click here to view original…