All Grenfell Tower articles – Page 4
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MarketsWill Grenfell tragedy revolutionise building management?
Property managers are under increasing pressure from landlords and developers to ensure higher standards of safety.
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News
Grenfell inquiry to hear on fire and building regulations
A review of building and fire regulations will be a central part of the Grenfell Tower inquiry.
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Professional
Outcome of the Grenfell safety review is likely to prove costly
Who will forget seeing the images of Grenfell Tower burning? Like a kind of horrified, unwilling voyeur, I - like so many - felt frustrated and helpless knowing that it would prove impossible to help those trapped.
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Online
Unite reassures investors on safety checks
Unite has moved to reassure investors its student residents are safe following the failure of six of its blocks to pass safety check in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
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Online
LGA calls for urgent review of building regulations
The Local Government Association has called on the government to launch an “urgent and immediate” review of building regulations in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.
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Insight
Grenfell Tower fire: the cost will only escalate
Following the human tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire, attention turns to the £12bn-plus estimated cost of retrofitting towers with non-flammable cladding as highlighted by Gleeds research revealed in Property Week .
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Insight
Clarity of thought and purpose will be crucial for the Grenfell inquiry
From the point of view of broad public protection, it will be important that the official inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster is allowed to focus on the critical issues - that is to say the cause of the initial fire, why it spread so rapidly and why a complex ...
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Online
LandAid’s Grenfell Tower appeal breaks £250,000 barrier
LandAid’s urgent two-week appeal to help those affected by the West London fire at Grenfell Tower has closed, raising more than £250,000.
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News
The true cost of upgrading Britain's towers
All residential towers are different, and as such the cost of addressing the fire safety issues vary on an individual basis.
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News
Tower upgrade bill set to top £12bn
The cost of making the nation’s social housing tower blocks safe in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy could top £12bn, exclusive research has revealed - and that figure could rise exponentially if the deadly cladding is also found to be in widespread use on privately owned high-rise developments. ...
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Online
Government to launch 'major national investigation' into building cladding
Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to launch a “major national investigation” after results showed cladding on 95 buildings has now failed tests being undertaken in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.
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Insight
There’s no method in this madness
Still reeling from the Grenfell Tower tragedy - and where it wasn’t before, the word ‘reeling’ is now apt - we have this week woken up first to the news of another terror attack and then just days later to a toothless Queen’s speech written without the guaranteed backing of ...
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Insight
What must be done to stop another Grenfell happening?
As the causes of the fire at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington last week begin to become clearer, government bodies and the property industry are asking themselves some searching questions about how to prevent tragedies like this in future.
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Insight
Everything must change after housing’s 9/11 – there cannot be another Grenfell
Everything changed on the morning of 14 June 2017. Grenfell Tower was UK housing’s 9/11. From now on, more homes need to be built - and be built better. Hang the ideology.
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Online
LandAid Grenfell appeal raises more than £120,000 to date
The property industry has responded to LandAid’s urgent two-week appeal to help those affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy by pledging more than £120,000 to go directly to the British Red Cross’s London Fire Relief Fund.
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Online
Berkeley Group JV sells 68 flats to rehouse Grenfell Tower survivors
A joint venture of the Berkeley Group and Prudential has sold 68 flats at its Kensington Row apartment development to rehouse survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire.
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Insight
Grenfell tragedy makes social housing top priority
The horrifying event last week at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington and resulting anger will force the industry and Government to face up to the challenge of funding for the delivery of affordable housing, as well as its quality and safety.
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