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Profession faces PI insurance ‘horror story’ over fire risk, architect warns
The architecture profession is facing a ‘horror story’ over professional indemnity insurance covering fire risk, a Leeds-based architect has warned Mark Hide of Mark Hide Associates has been insured via the RIBA Insurance Agency for the past 13 years but can no longer obtain professional indemnity insurance that covers […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCouncil chiefs say new Fire Safety Bill ‘step in the right direction’
Building owners and managers of high-rise and multi-occupied buildings are to be held to account for the safety of their residents thanks to new legislation. The Home Office is today introducing a new Bill to improve fire safety in buildings in England and Wales. It aims at clarifying that […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGovernment publishes Fire Safety Bill
Picture: Getty Sharelines The bill, introduced to parliament by the Home Office yesterday , amends the Fire Safety Order 2005 to “clarify” that the duty holder for blocks of flats must “manage and reduce the risk of fire” posed by building structure, external wall systems and entrance doors. Fire […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreHome Office unveils new bill to improve fire safety in buildings
The proposed Fire Safety Bill builds on action already taken to ensure that people feel safe in their homes, and a tragedy like the Grenfell Tower fire never happens again. The bill will amend the Fire Safety Order 2005 to clarify that the responsible person or duty-holder for multi-occupied, […] Click here to view original…
Read MorePlans to spend millions on replacing Cardiff tower block cladding
Loudoun and Nelson House, Cardiff Around £17m will be spent putting cladding back on Cardiff tower blocks after it was removed following the Grenfell disaster. Following the deadly blaze that killed 72 people, checks were carried out on all council high-rise flats in the city. Tests found it didn’t […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNFCC welcomes Budget’s cladding announcement
The National Fire Chiefs Council has welcomed the budget announcement of a new £1 billion Building Safety Fund to assist with the removal of unsafe combustible cladding from private and social residential buildings, over 18 metres in height. The announcement on 11th March is what NFCC has been calling […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNew building safety fund announced in budget
A new Building Safety Fund worth £1 billion has been announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in his first budget. Its launch will ensure that all unsafe combustible cladding is removed from every private and social residential building above 18 metres high. Sunak said: “Two-and-a-half years on, we’re still grappling […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreArranging mortgages on high rise homes with cladding — what you need to know
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s decision in last week’s Budget to make £1bn of funding available to remove unsafe cladding from high rise buildings underlined the scale of the issue facing apartment owners. The numbers of homeowners affected, according to The Times , is estimated to be 200,000. Following the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreThe Budget shows the impact a strong campaigning voice can have on housing policy
Rishi Sunak’s Budget shows the impact that a strong campaigning voice can have on housing policy. But its gaps reveal that the campaigners shouldn’t hang up their placards just yet, argues Martin Hilditch Campaigners protesting outside the Houses of Parliament last month (picture: Lucie Heath) Sharelines This year’s Budget […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreWhat the Budget 2020 cladding announcement means:
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget statement confirmed £1 billion of additional funding will be allocated to the removal of unsafe cladding from residential buildings taller than 18 metres, in a move that has been hailed as a “ray of light” for thousands of homeowners still living in potentially high-risk properties. […] Click here to view original…
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