Cladding

Unsafe cladding will be removed from the Phoenix building in the new year. Unsafe cladding on a prominent city centre building is set to be removed next year. The Leicester City Council -owned Phoenix building, which is home to 63 privately-owned apartments, is covered in a type of cladding […] Click here to view original…

Will Kingspan nudge up full-year profit guidance? Will there be a Kingspansion of profits? Source: edie Kingspan Group PLC (LSE:KGP) results will be all about the outlook and whether profit guidance has been upped. Back in early July, the insulation and cladding specialist said half-year underlying profit (EBITA) will […] Click here to view original…

(Image: Anthony Baggett via Dreamstime.com) The government launched on 21 July a Responsible Actors Scheme (RAS) requiring residential developers to pay for building safety remediation work. Elegible developers who do not join the scheme, or later fail to comply with its conditions, will be effectively frozen out of the […] Click here to view original…

In February last year, Michael Gove committed to new laws to “protect leaseholders from exorbitant costs” needed to fix the fire-risk cladding scandal. But a year and a half later, some flat owners feel far from protected. Those who live in flats cursed with dangerous cladding may have been […] Click here to view original…

In February last year, Michael Gove committed to new laws to “protect leaseholders from exorbitant costs” needed to fix the fire-risk cladding scandal. But a year and a half later, some flat owners feel far from protected. Those who live in flats cursed with dangerous cladding may have been […] Click here to view original…

In February last year, Michael Gove committed to new laws to “protect leaseholders from exorbitant costs” needed to fix the fire-risk cladding scandal. But a year and a half later, some flat owners feel far from protected. Those who live in flats cursed with dangerous cladding may have been […] Click here to view original…

The Northern Ireland Executive has launched a new £33 million fund for the remediation or mitigation of the life safety fire risks linked to external wall systems in residential buildings. The fund, which comes six years after the Grenfell Tower fire in London, applies to residential buildings which are […] Click here to view original…

Grenfell Towers in West London A £33million scheme has been launched in Northern Ireland to address fire safety risks linked to external wall cladding on residential buildings. The fund, which comes six years after the Grenfell tower fire in London, follows a similar scheme in England. It applies to […] Click here to view original…

Theresa Mohammed and Emma Thompson provide a snapshot into the new guidance on the remediation of residential buildings – and what it means for the industry. (Image: Joe888 via Dreamstime.com) The UK government has issued a Code of Practice for the Remediation of Residential Buildings ( the ‘Code’ ) […] Click here to view original…

Persimmon said its revenue had dropped significantly as house sales fell (Owen Humphreys/PA) Housebuilder Persimmon has said it has identified another seven buildings that need to have cladding removed or other fire safety work after the Grenfell fire highlighted the need for change. The business said that after initial […] Click here to view original…