Cladding

Emergency services at the scene near the Grenfell Tower Firefighters and call handlers shattered by the Grenfell tragedy have taken more than 6,000 days off due to the psychological damage. Union bosses say the June 2017 inferno in West London, in which 72 died, left many workers traumatised. Twenty […] Click here to view original…

Emergency services at the scene near the Grenfell Tower Firefighters and call handlers shattered by the Grenfell tragedy have taken more than 6,000 days off due to the psychological damage. Union bosses say the June 2017 inferno in West London, in which 72 died, left many workers traumatised. Twenty […] Click here to view original…

Tom Hunt focuses his column this week on the ongoing building safety scandal and his work with The Mill residents. (Image: Archant) It’s hard to think of a greater scandal in the Town right now than the building safety scandal. Approximately 1,000 of my constituents are now caught up […] Click here to view original…

Cladding that is no longer compliant has been identified at a block of around 50 flats in Northampton , the council has confirmed. Alliston Gardens, in Semilong, which is managed by Northampton Partnership Homes (NPH) was found to have non-compliant cladding during a Homes England Safety Scheme pilot where […] Click here to view original…

The Building Safety Act 2022 and its accompanying legislation seek to address issues regarding building safety brought starkly into view by the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. Beyond the tragedy of the fire itself, the event (and subsequent inquiry) highlighted the need for building safety remediation works to many […] Click here to view original…

Following the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017, the widespread use of dangerous, inappropriate cladding materials on multi-storey buildings was brought to the attention of the market and the regulators. In the near six years since, buildings with existing cladding have awaited assessment by specialists to […] Click here to view original…

Following the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017, the widespread use of dangerous, inappropriate cladding materials on multi-storey buildings was brought to the attention of the market and the regulators. In the near six years since, buildings with existing cladding have awaited assessment by specialists to […] Click here to view original…

Drone view of the Harlow Occasio House site being knocked down An “unsafe” former youth housing building in Harlow is expected to be completely knocked down this week (September 25). The entire complex of the derelict Occasio House, at Playhouse Square, will be pulled down to make way for […] Click here to view original…

Combustible insulation on a high-rise residential building caught fire recently during cladding remediation work, it has emerged. An anonymised report submitted to the independent safety body Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures UK (CROSS-UK) suggests that unsafe working practices are likely to be behind this case. The incident was discovered […] Click here to view original…

A man died in the fire at Twinnell House A year in from the devastating fire at Twinnell House, the council boss in charge of housing delivery has spoken about the actions City Hall has taken to improve safety for council tenants. The cause of the fire that saw […] Click here to view original…