Cladding

Residents at a block of flats which failed fire safety assessments said they want to speak out about the risks “before it’s too late”. Jamie Gunn has lived in Sheffield Court in Brighton’s City Point for 15 years. The development failed fire safety checks in 2021 in the wake […] Click here to view original…

Research from Diamond & Company has found that around 5,500 private and public buildings across Scotland taller than 11m (36ft) have still flammable cladding The nine-storey Aurora Apartments in Aberdeen are one of several ‘high priority’ buildings in Scotland to be identified as having flammable cladding in the Scottish […] Click here to view original…

Cladding campaigners say work to make high rise buildings across Wales safer is taking too long The new Welsh cabinet secretary for housing has agreed to meet with cladding campaigners after they complained that work to make high rise buildings fire-safe is taking too long. Welsh Cladiators wrote to […] Click here to view original…

New research published in the wake of the damning 1,700-page Grenfell report has illustrated the ongoing challenge posed by flammable cladding on high-rise buildings. Building surveyors and fire engineers Diamond & Company has identified approximately 5,500 structures of five storeys and more in Scotland alone which are believed to […] Click here to view original…

72 people died following the Grenfell Tower fire The Scottish Government has admitted most of a £97million pot of cash given to it by Westminster to fix unsafe cladding after the Grenfell disaster has been spent on other things. And seven years after the tragedy in London, which claimed […] Click here to view original…

More than 200 residents at City Point in Brighton must wait until summer 2025 – at least – for work to remove the cladding to start. WATCH ITV Meridian’s Report is by Charlotte Wilkins Millie Windsor is one of over 200 resents living in the City Point Development in […] Click here to view original…

Cladding campaigners say work to make high rise buildings across Wales safer is taking too long The new Welsh cabinet secretary for housing has agreed to meet with cladding campaigners after they complained that work to make high rise buildings fire-safe is taking too long. Welsh Cladiators wrote to […] Click here to view original…

Cladding has been replaced on the Aurora Apartments in Aberdeen More than 5,000 ‘high-rise buildings’ in Scotland, including landmark developments such as Glasgow Harbour and Edinburgh’s Western Harbour, are estimated to be covered in flammable cladding, it has been revealed. Using information gathered over several years from their extensive […] Click here to view original…

The blaze at the flats on Freshwater Road, Dagenham, happened as the block was undergoing remedial works to remove ‘non-compliant’ cladding. Angela Rayner has called efforts to remove unsafe cladding from thousands of at-risk buildings “too slow” and said it was her job to ensure remaining works finished as […] Click here to view original…

Cladding works after Grenfell need to speed up – PM 1 day ago BBC News Watch: Starmer asked about Grenfell and unsafe cladding Sir Keir Starmer says he is “frustrated” at how long it is taking to deal with building safety and cladding, following the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final […] Click here to view original…