Posts Tagged ‘Cladding’
PRESS RELEASE – Fire Safety Works To Continue At Cladding Hit Site
Fire safety works at Islington Gates are top priority of the Leaseholder Board at Islington Gates and our managing agents. Our building consultant is overseeing the works and will be reviewing progress this week. Subject to Covid-19 restrictions we want to complete the additional fire breaks ASAP. Obviously no-one has any control over its impact…
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 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…
Read MoreNon-ACM products do not pose same threat as Grenfell-style cladding, government claims as tests released
The government has released the results of its long-awaited tests on a range of cladding products, concluding that none pose the same threat as the cladding used on Grenfell Tower. The Cube in Bolton was clad with HPL (picture: GMFRS) Sharelines A report commissioned by the government and released […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreIslington Gates on Radio 4 You and Yours consumer affairs programme
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Read MoreWork to remove Grenfell-like cladding from Bristol tower block could be delayed because of coronavirus
Eclipse Tower above Harvey Nichols in Cabot Circus which has the Grenfell-like cladding Work to remove Grenfell-like cladding from the final tower block in Bristol that still has it, is scheduled to go ahead as planned, although coronavirus restrictions may delay it. The owners of luxury apartment building Eclipse […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding used on thousands of tall buildings fails safety test
Cladding material used on thousands of tall buildings in the UK has dramatically failed a safety test, a study has found. In a fire test, the material, previously deemed safer than that used on Grenfell Tower , burned almost as rapidly as the aluminium and plastic panels blamed for […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGrenfell cladding not the only type to burn easily, tests show
The test was on high pressure laminate panels, which are common in the UK The owners of tall buildings face pressure to continue removing dangerous cladding, despite coronavirus, after a new fire test showed how quickly flames can spread. Cladding previously deemed safer than that used at Grenfell Tower […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreWidely used HPL cladding system dramatically fails official fire test
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