Posts Tagged ‘ACM’
EXCLUSIVE: fire service investigating FOUR Sheffield high rise buildings with risky cladding
Leaseholders have set up a new action group. We can exclusively reveal the fire service is investigating at least four high rise residential buildings in Sheffield which have risky cladding or insulation. Since the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, thousands of leaseholders across the […] Click here to view original web page at planetradio.co.uk
Read MoreCladding safety fund questioned by Shadow Housing Minister one year on from Cube fire
The Cube Fire. Credit GMFRS SHADOW housing minister Mike Amesbury has raised concerns over the “serious limitations” of the Government’s building safety fund one year on from the fire that ripped through The Cube building in Bolton . More than 200 people were inside the student tower block when […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFire marshals patrol Ipswich flats 24/7 amid cladding fears
Cardinal Lofts, in Ipswich where there are concerns about the cladding Picture: Archant Fire marshals are patrolling an Ipswich Waterfront tower block 24 hours a day after inspectors raised fears about fire safety. Sarah Cushion has a buy-let-flat in Cardinal Lofts. Photo: Sarah Cushion But the move has left […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreA year on and still no Government help to remove cladding from student accommodation
(2) THE issue of high-rise cladded buildings was once again thrust into the spotlight after the material was said to have “played a major role in the rapid spread” of the blaze at The Cube. Calls to remove cladding from buildings were made in the wake of the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFormer firefighter calls for urgent action on cladding to avoid another Grenfell-style tragedy in Leeds
The comments came during a Leeds City Council debate, in which Labour councillors called on the Government to put pressure on developers and building owners to remove potentially dangerous ACM cladding from high-rise housing blocks. Coun Paul Drinkwater (Lab) worked for many years as a firefighter at Stanks Fire […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreEast Village’s Grenfell-style flammable cladding to be removed by end of 2020
The council said the cladding, used in small areas for decorative features on balconies and as larger panels at East Village, Stratford, will be removed by the end of the year. Picture: Google Maps Grenfell-style flammable cladding will be stripped from tower blocks in the former Olympic Village by […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreRemoving dangerous cladding will take ‘number of years’, says housing secretary
The exterior of Citiscape in Croydon, south London, which has the same cladding as Grenfell Tower Removing dangerous cladding from buildings will take a “number of years”, the housing secretary has told Sky News. Robert Jenrick said he did not want to give people “false hope” by saying the […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGrenfell firms ‘are like killers and crooks’: Makers of cladding system are accused of putting residents at risk, disaster inquiry hears
The makers of Grenfell Tower’s cladding system have been accused of being ‘little more than crooks and killers’, the inquiry into the disaster has heard. The manufacturers were also said to have promoted construction materials despite knowing they ‘would burn with lethal speed’. Lawyers for a group of bereaved, […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFlat worth £0 due to flammable cladding forces couple to delay starting family
Abigail Tubis, 30, and her husband tried to sell their flat and move out last year (Picture: Chris Leah) A young couple have been unable to start a family after discovering their first home is worthless due to a number of fire safety issues – including flammable cladding. Abigail […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreWork to remove “Grenfell-style” cladding on a Cambridge building has begun.
Work to remove “Grenfell-style” cladding on a Cambridge building has begun. An 11-storey block of flats was 75 per cent covered in aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding, which is linked to the Grenfell Tower fire in London in June 2017, which killed 72 people. The Belvedere, on Homerton Street, […] Click here to view original…
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