All building safety articles – Page 9
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NewsGovernment takes steps towards first cladding legal action
DLUHC gives Grey GR Limited Partnership 21 days to complete remediation works or face action
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CommentGovernment must step in and resolve difficulties around cladding pledge
Serious questions remain about housebuilders’ pledge to carry out fire safety works on existing blocks, not least about the role of building owners, writes Charmaine McQueen-Prince
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NewsLovell parent company faces £50m bill as DLUHC looks to widen cladding pledge
Morgan Sindall’s urban regen arm Muse could now be included in pledge
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NewsHousebuilders refuse to sign cladding pledge contract
Builders call for re-write saying legal text contains commitments way beyond original pledge
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NewsGovernment re-opens £4.5bn Building Safety Fund for applications
Owners of eligible buildings over 18m with unsafe cladding can apply for cash to help pay repair costs
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NewsHigh Court ruling could mean swifter resolution to cladding cost disputes
Judgment against contractor could ‘provide a steer’ for other cases, experts say
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NewsNew fire safety regulations adopt some Grenfell Inquiry recommendations
Resi blocks over 18m must have evacuation alert system under measures announced today
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NewsNumber of London resi blocks with fire safety defects ‘higher than previously thought’
Figure could be as high as 4,500
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NewsGovernment forced to publish data behind £4bn fire safety repair bill claim
Claim based on desk-based survey of 2,856 buildings, with a quarter of bill to remediate social housing sector homes
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NewsGreenhalgh: Government will follow through on threats if housebuilders don’t pay up
Building safety minister tells Housing Today Building Safety Act powers are ‘not for show’
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NewsHackitt slams construction industry for lack of progress on building safety
Building safety review author says construction is taking too long to implement change
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NewsGalliard Homes signs cladding pledge
Developer Galliard Homes commits to remediating its own tower blocks between 11m and 18m
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NewsInland Homes becomes latest housebuilder to sign the cladding pledge
Brownfield regeneration specialist promises becomes 36th developer to back deal
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NewsBuilding safety pledge and levy will cover ‘non-cladding’ issues, government confirms
DLUHC confirms all ‘life-critical’ fire safety issues can be fixed using the funds raised
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In FocusDecay, delay and deregulation: takeaways from the Grenfell Inquiry
Senior government figures had to explain why calls to amend the building regulations to clarify fire safety risk went unheeded
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NewsGove announces plan for £3bn developer levy
Plan revealed as housing secretary says 35 housebuilders now signed up to cladding pledge
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NewsCladding pledge includes promise on ‘proportionate’ repairs
Full text of pledge agreed with government ensures housebuilders will not pay for “betterment” of existing properties
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NewsUPDATED: Bellway, Vistry and Countryside latest to sign cladding costs pledge
10 housebuilders have now publicly confirmed they are signing up to Michael Gove’s deal as 53 firms ‘asked to pay up’
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NewsFormer minister in charge of building regulations had never heard of flawed fire rating
Stephen Williams says he only learned of banned Class 0 rating at yesterday’s hearing of Grenfell Inquiry
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NewsCrest Nicholson signs Gove’s ‘building safety pledge’ to fix tower blocks
Housebuilder first to confirm it will sign agreement and estimates cost will be £80m to £120m