All Cladding articles
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News
Gove makes first use of building safety powers against Carnary Wharf landlord
Yianis Group has been hit with a £20m-plus order, with Urban Splash and Hollybrook also receiving orders.
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DLUHC data shows developers yet to start cladding repairs on 58% of unsafe buildings
Latest statistics show slow progress since the Grenfell Tower fire seven years ago.
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Get Living appeals against test case cladding ruling
The BTR operator has been ordered to pay £18m towards completion of remediation work.
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‘Bizarre Building Safety Levy will worsen housing crisis’, BPF warns
BPF brands inclusion of BTR, PBSA and senior housing ’bizarre’ as second consultation on levy opens.
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Get Living to pay £18m in east London fire safety remediation test case
A tribunal has ruled that Get Living is liable to pay £18m towards the completion of building remediation work following a legal battle with Triathlon Homes.
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Government data shows fire safety issues with over half of Rydon’s English resi buildings
More than half of buildings developed by Rydon Group, the residential developer responsible for the construction of Grenfell Tower, have been identified as having fire safety issues, according to government figures.
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Professional
Will RAAC scandal reach same proportions as cladding crisis?
As with cladding, the material’s widespread use raises complex issues of liability and who will foot the repair bill.
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News
Building safety still a concern
Six years ago this week, the nation awoke to the horrific news that a fire had broken out in the night at Grenfell Tower, a residential block in west London. The tragedy ultimately cost 72 lives, with many residents trapped in their homes unable to escape the smoke and flames.
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Insight
Counting the cladding costs
The Building Safety Act was put in place following the Grenfell Tower tragedy and the discovery that many other high-rise residential buildings have serious fire-safety defects.
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News
Building safety: industry yet to grasp scale of task ahead
Some remediation progress has been made but experts say many firms are ‘burying their heads in the sand’.
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Seven developers sign Scotland’s cladding pledge
Barratt Developments has become the first of seven major housebuilders in the UK to commit to the Scottish government’s pledge to fix unsafe cladding in buildings of 11m and above.
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Professional
Questions remain over who should foot remediation bill
Despite a political push to make developers pay, liability for cladding repair costs remains unclear in many cases.
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Markets
Rising to the safety challenge
Contractors face a number of hurdles in the race to make high-rise blocks safe.
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News
DLUHC publishes first draft of Responsible Actors regulations
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) yesterday (25 April) revealed further details of its Responsible Actors Scheme (RAS) with the draft publication of its affirmative regulations for the scheme.
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News
Cladding testing review welcomed as Gove turns focus onto investors
Leading voices from the property sector have welcomed a government-commissioned independent review into construction product testing and the role product manufacturers played in creating the conditions leading to the Grenfell disaster in 2017.
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Online
Firms make undisclosed settlement with over 900 people on Grenfell tower civil claims
A number of firms involved in the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower have agreed a settlement with more than 900 bereaved family members, survivors and local residents for their civil claims arising from the 2017 fire.
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Gove slams Railpen over fire safety issues
Housing secretary Michael Gove has accused the Railway Pension Scheme (Railpen) of failing to fix “life-critical” fire safety risks in 10 residential buildings.
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Insight
Cladding makers must pay for crisis
While some developers have now committed to housing secretary Michael Gove’s contract to pay for unsafe building repairs, it’s critically only one piece of the puzzle.
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News
Gove “firing shots” at building material manufacturers
Industry experts have welcomed housing secretary Michael Gove’s ”recognition” that insulation suppliers should financially support building safety remediation work, but urged him to set requirements and regulation for them to do so.
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Michael Gove urges insulation firms to contribute to building repairs
Housing secretary Michael Gove has written open letters to Irish-based insulation firm Kingspan and product supplier Arconic calling on them to financially contribute to building remediation work.