Cladding

The Building Safety Regulator will take action if work to remove dangerous cladding has not started (picture: Hiran Perera) Sharelines The Building Safety Regulator aims to check 40% of “higher-risk” blocks by April 2026 and warned it will take action if work to remove dangerous cladding has not started […] Click here to view original…

High-rise residential building with cladding being replaced with fire-resistant materials The Building Safety Regulator has vowed to inspect all buildings with unsafe cladding in its first year of assessments. In its first strategic plan the regulator has said that by the end of its second year of operation, ending […] Click here to view original…

By Gareth Lewis BBC Wales political editor High rise buildings in Wales with fire safety issues are “guaranteed” to be fixed, but it might take up to three years, a minister has said. The Welsh government says Wales is the first part of the UK with a plan for […] Click here to view original…

In URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 772, England’s Court of Appeal considered the issue of when the cause of action in tort arises for design defects. Background URS was engaged by a developer, BDW, to carry our structural engineering design work for a number […] Click here to view original…

Falkirk residents are being urged to have their say on legislation addressing building safety issues like the cladding which led to the Grenfell tragedy. Published 27th Nov 2023, 16:56 GMT Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now Earlier this month […] Click here to view original…

Insurance giant AXA UK is providing body cameras to monitor contractors carrying out building safety remediation work, such as removing flammable cladding and insulation from customers’ buildings. Many buildings across the UK require work to fix fire safety faults identified in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in […] Click here to view original…

The Grenfell Tower public inquiry has taken evidence over four and a half years, and its final hearings were in November 2022. Findings may not be released until summer as process of writing to those likely to be criticised ‘proving time-consuming’ The official findings about what caused the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…

The Grenfell Tower public inquiry has taken evidence over four and a half years, and its final hearings were in November 2022. Findings may not be released until summer as process of writing to those likely to be criticised ‘proving time-consuming’ The official findings about what caused the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…

(Image: BristolLive) The man in charge of Bristol’s housing in 2017 said he was not passed a letter from the government warning of safety concerns with tower blocks like Barton House – which was sent on the same day the city council’s chief executive . The letter, from the […] Click here to view original…

Camden Council has invested £7 million, using funding available from the Government’s Building Safety Fund, to replace facades across three buildings with new A1 rated cladding. The council says the Bramber, Glynde Reach and Gatesden buildings are among the first social housing blocks in the country to have had […] Click here to view original…