Tag Archives: Building cladding

Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has emerged as an industry frontrunner among firms publicly pledging a contribution towards the government’s cladding-remediation costs. The company’s board announced that it had confirmed to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) that it was “in the best interests of the Group” to financially…

The government is understood to have dropped its demand for housebuilders to contribute towards a £4bn cladding remediation fund, from its current negotiations with industry. It is embroiled in discussions with the Home Builders Federation (HBF) over a plan to remediate dangerous cladding on buildings of between 11 metres and…

Two former ministers and a senior government official were scrutinised this week over their role in stripping back fire safety regulation. It was the first time former members of government have given evidence to the Grenfell Inquiry. Former fire and safety minister Brandon Lewis and former building regulations minister James…

Former fire and safety minister Brandon Lewis snubbed repeated calls to create a building-safety regulator prior to the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the inquiry into the blaze heard yesterday. The minister opted instead to leave the industry to self-regulate, despite damning advice that doing so was “risky”. Lewis (pictured)…

A former government fire safety official has admitted that he lulled senior colleagues into a “false sense of security” over the risk of a Grenfell Tower-style fire in early 2015, more than two years before the tragic blaze. In 2015, Brian Martin (pictured), a senior civil servant at the time,…

Faithful & Gould is actively providing advice on remediating unsafe cladding on 187 buildings, despite being sued for approving the use of combustible materials on a London estate. The Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has allocated £600m for the removal of dangerous aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding…

The government has been heavily criticised for failing to determine how many buildings have unsafe cladding, almost five years since the Grenfell Tower blaze claimed the lives of 72 people. A new report from the House of Commons Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, focusing on building safety, remediation and…

Contractors may soon be subject to stricter guidelines when carrying out remediation work to limit disruption to residents, under proposed plans being discussed by MPs. Housing minister Stuart Andrew (pictured) has backed calls for a “code of practice” for contractors and building owners to follow when carrying out remediation works…

Vistry could spend up to £50m remediating buildings of between 11 and 18 metres, the housebuilder has said. In its annual results to 31 December 2021, the company said it “supports” proposals made by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) earlier this week, which would see housebuilders pay to remediate buildings…

Housebuilders have not gone far enough in their commitments to remediate dangerous cladding, the government has said. In a letter sent last week to housing secretary Michael Gove (pictured), the Home Builders Federation (HBF) suggested that housebuilders could fund the remediation of buildings over 11m tall that had been constructed…