Tag Archives: Building cladding

Mayors across the country have pledged to ensure that safety-related re-cladding work will continue during the coronavirus crisis. The mayors of Greater Manchester, Sheffield City Region, London, Liverpool City Region and the West Midlands made the commitment alongside housing secretary Robert Jenrick. Their declaration affirms that re-cladding work launched in the…

Housebuilder Galliard Homes has paused ACM re-cladding works at its New Capital Quay development in London due to the coronavirus crisis. The firm said remedial work to remove and replace the combustible casing is not expected to resume until Public Health England guidance on social distancing changes. The housebuilder has…

The government has confirmed major changes to building regulations including mandatory sprinklers and signage in all new high-rise blocks over 11 metres tall. In the government’s response to its Building a safer future consultation, it said amendments to the guidance, expected to be released in May, will call for new-build high-rise flats…

Remediation of buildings with unsafe cladding should continue during the coronavirus crisis, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has said. Before the crisis the government had set a deadline of June for building owners to remove aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding from buildings. Amid confusion in the wake…

Willmott Dixon CEO Rick Willmott has warned that efforts to eradicate dangerous building materials in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy risk going “too far”, creating huge challenges for builders and housing associations. Speaking to Construction News prior to the recent COVID-19 lockdown, which among other consequences has halted deliberations…

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has been suspended until further notice following new government advice on the COVID-19 outbreak. After prime minister Boris Johnson’s call for people to avoid crowded places, non-essential travel and to work from home where possible, inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick adjourned the hearings. He said: “In…

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is likely to operate mostly via video hearings in order to protect attendees from the spread of coronavirus. Panel member Thouria Istephan is unwell with symptoms similar to those of COIVD-19 and lawyers discussed this morning whether hearings should be suspended or whether those who are…

An architect who worked on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment has accused insulation manufacturer Celotex of misleading tactics akin to “masquerading horse meat as beef lasagne”. Studio E’s Neil Crawford, who managed the refurbishment project from July 2014, told the inquiry yesterday that Celotex’s sales datasheet for its RS5000 insulation product…

A parliamentary group has launched an inquiry on the removal of combustible cladding and whether government action has been good enough. The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee said it is looking to take evidence from those affected by the issue. “Residents have found themselves footing the bill for round-the-clock…

The architect behind the Grenfell Tower refurbishment has admitted the practice may not have won the work if the procurement process had been competitive. Studio E Architects co-founder Andrzej Kuszell admitted at the inquiry that the that the London-based practice had no experience in cladding or refurbishing a high-rise block,…