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NewsExperts question the safety of modular construction
Senior fire safety experts have raised questions about the safety of modular construction – and warned that the industry could be ‘sleepwalking into another Grenfell’.
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Insight
Are we sleepwalking into another Grenfell?
Modular construction has been hailed as a fast, cost-effective, climate-friendly solution to the UK housing crisis, but fire safety experts are starting to have serious reservations about it.
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News
London Fire Brigade ‘extremely concerned’ about number of unsafe buildings
The commissioner of the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has called for urgent change in the building industry as the number of blocks of flats in London with fire safety failings passed an “unacceptable milestone” of 1,000.
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Insight
View from the top: Matthew Pratt, chief executive of Redrow
The Redrow chief executive talks to Property Week about his ‘baptism by fire’, why the housebuilder handed back furlough money, the importance of building safety and the contentious issue of cladding.
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Experts question if EWS1 move is really a ‘step forward’
Sceptics remain cautious in wake of expert safety advice issued on EWS1 forms for sub-18m tall buildings.
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Government criticised over EWS1 policy shift
Experts cast doubt over plans to scrap fire safety forms for buildings below 18m.
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Professional
Will the Building Safety Bill clarify who must pay for cladding costs?
Government proposes a safety regulator and developer levy, but experts criticise the use of vague language.
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News
One fifth of high-rise flat residents fear fire risk
Residents of purpose-built, high-rise flats feel the most unsafe about the risk of fires breaking out, a government survey has found.
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Developers face ‘massive extra costs’ under Building Safety Bill
Legal experts have slammed the Building Safety Bill, claiming it would hit developers with “massive additional costs” and fails address the question of who will pay for cladding remediation.
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Online
Crest Nicholson’s recladding costs leap to £23m
Crest Nicholson’s cost estimation for recladding the buildings in its portfolio has leapt to £23m.
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News
Four years on from Grenfell
Who can forget the harrowing images of fire ravaging Grenfell Tower in the early hours of Wednesday 14 June 2017, or the shocked incomprehension on the firefighters’ faces as they rushed towards the blaze, which having started as a seemingly innocuous kitchen fire on the fourth floor would spread so ...
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Insight
The personal cost of the cladding crisis
Four years on from the Grenfell disaster, Tristan Wark, senior associate at Goodman Derrick and a leaseholder in a building with cladding-related fire safety issues, calls on the industry to do more to alleviate leaseholder suffering.
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Post-Grenfell cladding remediation costs leap
Gleeds reports 10% rise in costs spurred by high demand and materials shortage
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