Tag Archives: Building cladding

A contractor has been told to remove insulation from balconies and issue an apology to residents after breaching a local ban on the use of Kingspan products. It has emerged that, earlier this month, Kent-headquartered Lawtech was told to remove the product it had installed on 16 balconies across the…

Barratt Developments has spent or allocated £180m on making legacy buildings safe in its latest accounts – and warned that there may be more to come. This was in addition to the £434.6m provision it made in its 2022 accounts for such works. In a trading update released ahead of…

The latest annual financial statement from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry reveals that it spent £20.7m in the year to the end of March 2023, taking its total expenditure to £170m. Some £69.7m, or 41 per cent, of its spending went on fees for lawyers representing core participants of the inquiry.…

The latest monthly government data has shown that remediation work is yet to begin on 23 high-rise buildings identified with unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding. Most of these buildings are in Greater London and Manchester, according to the government. Figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities…

Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf has threatened developers with legal action, including new legislation, if they fail to remediate high-rise buildings with dangerous cladding. Last year, the Scottish Government announced that it had reached an agreement with housing firms to assess and, if necessary, make safe more than 100 buildings.…

Construction product testing should take place in systems rather than just individual components, fire brigade bosses have said. The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) called for the change in approach in response to the publication of the review of the construction product testing regime by ex-government advisor Paul Morrell and…

More than 900 people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire – including the bereaved and those forced from their homes – have agreed a civil settlement with several companies including contractor Rydon and public sector bodies. The settlement, worth £150m according to ITV News, was reached after a claim lodged…

Balfour Beatty is on site carrying out work on a Travelodge hotel after an £800,000 dispute over alleged combustible cladding and other defects was settled. In 2020, Construction News revealed that Travelodge was suing Balfour over what it said were faults at the 70-room hotel on Princess Way, Swansea. Travelodge…

The company that manufactured the panels used on Grenfell Tower has told a public inquiry that it has been unfairly scapegoated for the tragedy. Yesterday, the inquiry heard from lawyers representing the bereaved that manufacturers had tried to “game the system” by placing unsafe products on the market. Stephen Hockman…

Lawyers representing the bereaved at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry have said that testing and certifying bodies failed to stand up to manufacturers of dangerous cladding before the 2017 tragedy. Danny Friedman KC, speaking on behalf of the Bereaved, Survivors and Residents team, said that the three manufacturers accused of placing…