Cladding

We all recall the tragic Grenfell fire in London. Since then many Australian apartment owners have been faced with unfair bills running into millions of dollars for recladding their buildings. How do you know that your ‘replacement cladding’ isn’t also unsafe or future-proofed to the new Industry Cladding Standard […] Click here to view original…

In order to comply with new post-Grenfell fire safety standards, one of Portsmouth’s largest student housing blocks will undergo recladding. 10 July 2023 Fire Safety FD&A Fire Risk Assessment Following discovering a number of failings’ that did not comply with building regulations during a fire safety assessment of the […] Click here to view original…

Just over £1.8 million has been spent so far on the high-rise remediation programme The Scottish government has spent less than 2 per cent of the money provided by the UK government to remove combustible cladding from high-rise buildings, figures show. In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, […] Click here to view original…

Just a fraction of the budget has been spent so far. (Image: Getty) are putting lives at risk by not removing Grenfell-style cladding despite being given money to do so, it has been claimed. The Scottish Conservatives have claimed that just two per cent of money allocated to remove […] Click here to view original…

Just 2% of money allocated to remove dangerous Grenfell-style cladding from Scottish homes has been spent, the Scottish Tories have claimed. Scottish Tory housing spokesman Miles Briggs accused the Scottish Government of a “pitiful lack of progress” in removing potentially flammable insulation. ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW The Scottish […] Click here to view original…

Residents of the Mill in Ipswich stage the protest outside the buildings administrators At a glance Residents of the Mill in Ipswich protest outside the building’s administrators They said nothing was being done about unsafe cladding and safety issues Owners were unable to sell their properties and were in […] Click here to view original…

Residents at The Mill in Ipswich gathered in Bury St Edmunds to protest over cladding at their homes (Image: Charlotte Bond) Those living in Ipswich flats say they feel like “cladding prisoners” as they protested outside the headquarters of the freeholder of their building. A protest was held on […] Click here to view original…

This is a modal window. This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser Error Code: MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED Technical details : The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. Session ID: 2023-07-10:d24da017686a307bc237ed1 Player Element ID: vjs_video_3 […] Click here to view original…

Residents at The Mill in Ipswich gathered in Bury St Edmunds to protest over cladding at their homes (Image: Charlotte Bond) Those living in Ipswich flats say they feel like “cladding prisoners” as they protested outside the headquarters of the freeholder of their building. A protest was held on […] Click here to view original…

Matt Rodda, Labour MP for Reading East speaking in favour of mandatory mortgage extensions. Picture: Parliament UK One of Reading’s MPs has backed a move that would have made changes to how mortgages are repaid to help struggling residents. Matt Rodda, who represents Reading East, spoke in support of […] Click here to view original…