All building safety articles – Page 10
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CommentGove’s cladding deal - what does it mean for the sector?
With negotiations on a housebuilder pledge to pay for fire safety repairs close to finalising, Joey Gardiner looks at what the likely shape of the deal says about how far the housing secretary has been able to get his way on cladding
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NewsDisastrous test failure on ACM cladding was ‘forgotten’, Grenfell inquiry hears
Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests “just got missed”
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NewsRICS updates EWS1 form to reflect ‘proportionate’ approach to fire safety checks
But forms already completed still valid until new assessments carried out on blocks
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News£19bn spend on safety and decarbonisation ‘credit negative’ for HAs, Moody’s warns
Rating agency says associations will be forced to take on more debt or cut development pipelines
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NewsHousing sector warns no progress made on dropping use of EWS1 forms
HBF, BPF and Housing Forum bosses call for further government intervention to shift to ‘proportionate’ flat valuations
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NewsFormer senior civil servant expresses ‘deep regret’ that building regulations were not revised following cladding warnings
Grenfell Inquiry told that fears over widespread use of ACM panels ‘should have been gripped better’
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News‘Disappointed’ Gove renews cladding law threat to housebuilders
Housing secretary sets end of March deadline for housebuilders to come forward with ‘fully-funded’ remediation plan after rejecting compromise offer
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NewsHousebuilders offer compromise deal to Gove on cladding costs
HBF says members would agree to carry out critical works on own buildings and hand back Building Safety Fund cash
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NewsBuilding Safety Bill changes would drive SMEs out of housing development market, CIC warns
Concern grows that extension of limitation period to 30 years could hit insurance availability and damage levelling up ambitions
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CommentGove’s cladding remediation fund: what are the rights of housebuilders now?
Construction lawyer Martha Mordecai explains where Gove’s proposed cladding fund legislation leaves housebuilders legally
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NewsGetting overseas firms to pay for cladding costs ‘practically difficult’, Gove admits
Housing secretary says ministers may lack ‘total authority’ to force non-UK based firms to pay into £4bn remediation fund
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News‘Few housebuilders have built much over 11 metres in height’, HBF tells MPs
Trade body believes housebuilders are being unfairly targeted by Gove
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NewsHousing associations back Gove’s cladding plan despite housebuilder fears
G15 and NHF back measures branded ‘draconian’ and ‘inequitable’ by housebuilders
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NewsGove unveils plans to give legal force to £4bn cladding threats
Ministers plan to amend building law to stop developers from building unless they pay into remediation fund
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CommentGove’s building safety measures are positive but more clarity is needed
The housing secretary’s package of proposals on building safety are significant but many questions remain, writes Paul Hackett
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NewsIndustry bodies to address MPs on cladding costs
Inquiry into Michael Gove’s £4bn cladding funding plan kicks off with evidence sessions this week
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NewsCladding manufacturers must pay into fund or face ban, Gove says
Housing secretary says cladding and insultation sector must contribute ‘significant portion’ of remediation costs
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NewsVistry Group pledges to work with government on cladding cost levy
Housebuilder reports 139% increase in profit
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NewsIndustry figures warn Gove’s £4bn cladding levy plan unlikely to work
Plan for developers to voluntarily fund fire safety work could lead to more delays for leaseholders and legal challenge, experts warn
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NewsGrenfell cladding compliance was responsibility of others, manufacturer tells inquiry
Cladding manufacturer said project team working on the tower’s refurbishment had failed to analyse the regulatory regime