Posts Tagged ‘ACM’
Property industry welcomes ‘the biggest change in building safety for a generation’
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has announced new measures to further reform the building safety system. The steps announced include mandatory sprinkler systems and consistent wayfinding signage in all new high-rise blocks of flats over 11 metres tall. The government consulted on its proposals for a new building and fire […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGalliard stops ACM recladding at New Capital Quay
Firm says sticking to social distancing protocols on job was not possible Galliard Homes has suspended work to replace ACM cladding at its New Capital Quay development in Greenwich because of coronavirus. The government has labelled the replacement of Grenfell Tower-style cladding as a critical project and last week […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGalliard suspends urgent re-cladding works
15 minutes Urgent re-cladding work on a high-rise development in southeast London has been suspended after it proved impossible to continue while implementing social distancing. Photo of New Capital Quay from Galliard Homes Galliard Homes has decided to remove all 160+ operatives from New Capital Quay, Greenwich. Galliard announced […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreYour data, your experience
The coronavirus outbreak is causing misery for thousands of people already engulfed in the Grenfell cladding scandal, with residents revealing fresh fears of financial hardship on top of major concerns about their health and safety. People living in tower blocks covered in dangerous cladding had hoped a nightmare was over after the government last month announced an…
Read MoreMandatory sprinkler systems and wayfinding signage in all new blocks over 11m
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP has announced steps to further reform the building safety system with the biggest changes in a generation to ensure residents are safe in their homes. New measures announced include mandatory sprinkler systems and consistent wayfinding signage in all new high-rise blocks of flats over […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNearly three years after the Grenfell Tower inferno, flammable cladding still widely used in UK
Nearly three years after the inferno at Grenfell Tower in June 2017, when aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding led to the rapid spread of a fire that killed 72 people, high-rise buildings across the UK are still covered in dangerous combustible material. Click here to view original web page at www.wsws.org
Read MoreGovernment announces ‘biggest changes to building safety in a generation’
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP has announced new measures to reform the building safety system with the biggest changes in a generation to ensure residents are safe in their homes. The measures, announced ton on 2 April 2020, include mandatory sprinkler systems and consistent wayfinding signage in all new […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGovernment cladding removal team grows
THE GOVERNMENT has added its construction expert, Dr David Hancock, to review the removal of aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding, and firm Faithful & Gould to provide management. Earlier this week , the government stated that it believes ‘making buildings safe and maintaining measures to ensure buildings are safe […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreConstruction expert brought in to get re-cladding done during crisis
Dr David Hancock and Faithful + Gould brought in to project manage replacement of dangerous cladding during covid-19 pandemic The government has brought in the chair of the government construction board to lead efforts to ensure work to replace unsafe cladding continues during the coronavirus pandemic . The Cabinet […] Click here to view original…
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