Cladding

Flammable cladding on some of WA’s biggest hospitals will finally be removed nearly seven years after 72 people died in the UK’s Grenfell Tower fire due to similar panelling. After the June 2017 blaze at the 24-storey London apartment block, the government took two years to confirm that hospitals […] Click here to view original…

Image source: Google Street View The freeholder behind Vista Tower in Stevenage has expressed frustration with the government after it labelled a court decision on fire safety issues “a victory for leaseholders”. Grey GR was taken to court by the department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for failing […] Click here to view original…

MSPs have voted to pass a Bill aimed at reducing the risk of Grenfell-style fires caused by cladding on buildings. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously by 116 MSPs on Tuesday. The Scottish Government set up a cladding remediation programme following the London fire which killed […] Click here to view original…

Housing minister Paul McLennan Legislation giving Scottish Ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings which have unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided, has been unanimously approved in the Scottish Parliament. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill will allow the creation of a Cladding Assurance Register […] Click here to view original…

Housing minister Paul McLennan said the Bill lays the ‘foundations needed to drive forward our remediation programme at pace’ MSPs have voted to pass a Bill aimed at reducing the risk of Grenfell-style fires caused by cladding on buildings. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously by […] Click here to view original…

Grenfell Tower, west London, was destroyed in a devastating blaze, killing 79 people. Photograph: David Mirzoeff/PA Wire. MSPs have voted to pass a Bill aimed at reducing the risk of Grenfell-style fires caused by cladding on buildings. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously by 116 MSPs […] Click here to view original…

Grenfell Tower, west London, was destroyed in a devastating blaze, killing 79 people. Photograph: David Mirzoeff/PA Wire. MSPs have voted to pass a Bill aimed at reducing the risk of Grenfell-style fires caused by cladding on buildings. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously by 116 MSPs […] Click here to view original…

The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously by 116 MSPs on Tuesday. MSPs have voted to pass a Bill aimed at reducing the risk of Grenfell-style fires caused by cladding on buildings. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously by 116 MSPs on Tuesday. The […] Click here to view original…

More than 400 Barnet residents have been told they must pay between £14,000 and £23,000 to replace cladding which the council has identified as a fire risk Barnet residents who have been told their homes must be reclad at their expense Shelley Levene Barnet residents have spoken of their […] Click here to view original…

36 minutes The government has won a legal battle against a property owner that has failed to replaced dangerous cladding on its high-rise residential buildings. Vista Tower in Stevenage [as seen on Google Streetview] Grey GR, ultimately owned by Railpen, a scheme that manages £34bn in railway pension assets, […] Click here to view original…