Posts Tagged ‘Cladding’
London high-rise undergoing cladding work hit by fire
Gaydon House in west London (picture: Reine Stevens) Sharelines The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said that 70 people were evacuated from Gaydon House – which is roughly two kilometres from Grenfell Tower – before firefighters arrived. One man had to be assisted from the 16th floor of the block […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCouncils pledge to resume unsafe cladding removal during Covid-19
© Robynofexeter Leaders from 25 councils across the UK have pledged to ensure vital building safety work, including the removal of unsafe cladding on high-rise buildings, continues in the face of Covid-19 The leaders from 25 councils have pledged their commitment to ensuring vital building safety work continues where […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreDangerous combustible cladding still not replaced on 70% of buildings
Smoke billows out from the 24-storey Grenfell Tower DANGEROUS cladding has still not been replaced on the vast majority of at-risk blocks of flats, a damning survey by MPs found today. The housing, communities and local government committee (HCLG) quizzed 1,352 people living in such buildings as part of […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreBuilding Cladding Issues – Two Petitions Raised
Many residents of Birmingham City Centre live in flats following more than two decades of encouraging revitalisation and occupation of the area. Many of the flat developments replaced derelict historical industrial buildings and brought new life to the city. But questions about fire security have arisen following the disaster […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreChalcots: Camden set to ditch contractor a year into project over plans which ‘were not what we asked for’
Taplow tower in the Chalcots Estate. Picture: Polly Hancock Camden Council is set to ditch the contractor which has been working on controversial fire safety works at the Chalcots Estate in Swiss Cottage for the last year. Wates Living Space was approved as lead contractor for the project – […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreResidents still waiting to find out why dangerous cladding was put on tower block
Throughout a long series of delays, residents of Hanover Tower, Broomhall, have become increasingly ‘paranoid’ about why the report has taken so long to be shared. Here is a look at what happened, why the report is so far behind schedule and where it is at now. Grenfell Tower. […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreChalcots: Council cancels £100 million deal on evacuation estate and will ‘go back to market’
The New Journal’s Chalcots Inquiry campaign has called for Camden to fully investigate what went wrong The Chalcots saw an unprecedented evacuation after fire safety flaws were uncovered WORKS to replace cladding stripped from the Chalcots estate after the Grenfell fire disaster have been officially halted after the council […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreThe agony of life in lockdown in tower blocks with unsafe cladding
Thousands of people in our region are spending lockdown ‘trapped’ in tower blocks with unsafe cladding after the coronavirus outbreak meant that work to remove it was put on hold. Residents are having to pay hundreds of pounds a month for round-the-clock patrols in case the potentially flammable materials […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreShabana writes to FCA on cladding insurance response
Shabana has been supporting those affected by the cladding scandal in Parliament. Shabana has written again to the Financial Conduct Authority on the cladding scandal, after a disappointing response to her letter calling for an investigation into the conduct of insurers. In March, Shabana wrote to the Financial Conduct […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreResidents in city’s tallest tower block face massive bills over cladding
Brindley House in Newhall Street Birmingham Birmingham’s tallest residential tower block faces a staggering 775 per cent insurance increase. The massive hike at Brindley House – the biggest increase in Birmingham – has been spawned by cladding regulations that followed the Grenfell Tower blaze. The rapid spread of the […] Click here to view original…
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