All Cladding articles – Page 2
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NewsGove “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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NewsMichael 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.
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NewsMore developers sign fire safety contract amid Gove threat
Seven developers have yet to sign the government’s remediation contract committing to pay to fix fire safety defects ,after Lendlease became the latest to sign up to housing secretary Michael Gove’s pledge.
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NewsGovernment’s specialist building safety unit investigating 19 firms
The government’s investigative unit set up to pursue developers that refuse to carry out fire-safety works has launched inquiries into 19 firms, the building safety minister has revealed.
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NewsSector renews calls for additional remediation funding as contract deadline passes
Developers have urged government to take further action to hold all parties responsible for building remediation work after the deadline for housing secretary Michael Gove’s Building Safety Contract passed without full enrolment.
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NewsArgent orders safety inspections on King’s Cross building after cladding falls off
Argent has ordered safety inspections at one of its residential schemes in London’s King’s Cross after part of the building’s cladding fell off.
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InsightGove’s cladding solution is brutal
I’ve always thought of housing secretary Michael Gove as one of the brightest men in politics. He is credited with radically reforming the Department of Education. He did great work at the Department of Justice, putting right many of his predecessor Chris Grayling’s catastrophic mistakes. And in his time at ...
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NewsLendlease puts £114m price tag on cladding repairs
Lendlease has predicted it will have to spend £114m to cover the cost of post-Grenfell UK cladding repairs, but said it would seek to claw back as much of the costs as possible from contractors
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InsightGovernment must step up to solve cladding crisis
What tends to get lost in the debates around cladding is the fact that this crisis originates from a failure to properly regulate. The building regulations that are in operation, the building control system, permitted development that was intrinsically unsafe… and there were enough warnings through enough fires for government ...
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NewsBuilding safety remediation contracts fail to bring clarity
The government’s plans to clamp down on developers leave more questions for leaseholders and tenants.
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NewsIndustry calls on Gove for clarity over leaseholders pledge
Leaseholders and freeholders are calling for clarity from the government on their responsibility for building safety remediation works, following Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove’s recent pledge to abolish the leaseholder system, and his launch of mandatory remediation contracts for developers.
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OnlineGovernment gives developers six weeks to sign up to housing safety contract
The government has given developers six weeks to sign up to legally binding agreements to pay to replace unsafe cladding on buildings.
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NewsGovernment plans to require second staircases in blocks above 30m
The government has unveiled plans to force developers to include second staircases in new buildings taller than 30m, a fire safety measure estimated to cost businesses £1.6bn over the next decade.
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ProfessionalTrials and tribulations: the key legal issues of the year
Planning, ESG, the workplace, skills, cladding and building safety were all on the property agenda in 2022.
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NewsDLUHC allocates £8m to speed up cladding repairs
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has dedicated more than £8m to council enforcement teams to hold building owners to account for cladding repairs.
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OnlineRICS publishes cladding valuation guidance to boost lending confidence
RICS has published new guidance on valuing residential buildings with unsafe cladding, which it says will play “an important role in restoring a fully functioning [housing] market”.
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NewsDLUHC warns housebuilders against ‘backsliding’ on cladding pledge
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has said it expects housebuilders to sign a finalised fire safety pledge “very soon”, legally binding them to carry out cladding repairs.
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NewsGovernment sends a clear signal to get on with cladding repairs
Decision by housing secretary to issue legal warning to freeholder of a tower block shows it won’t accept delays.
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OnlineClarke takes legal action against Stevenage tower owner over cladding repairs
Housing minister Simon Clarke has launched legal action against the owner of a Stevenage tower that has failed to carry out cladding repair work in a jolting “warning to the industry’s outliers”.
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OnlineCladding crisis: Clarke should fund fixes then pursue culprits
Residential Freehold Association director Mick Platt on why housing secretary should reassess cladding approach
