All fire safety articles – Page 2
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Lendlease signs cladding remediation contract
Developer behind Elephant & Castle regeneration scheme has set aside £114m for fire safety works
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Government’s specialist building safety unit investigating 19 firms
New team set up by DLUHC to pursue firms dragging their heels on building safety work ramps up activity
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Telford Homes and London Square sign cladding contract
Developer London Square blasts government for ’discredit’ done to the firm by department’s handling of fire safety pledge
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Gove to tell MPs if any housebuilders have failed to sign cladding repair contract
Housing secretary set to address Parliament with update on self remediation contract this afternoon
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Vistry latest to signal intent to sign cladding contract
Housebuilder joins Barratt and Persimmon but major builders Berkeley, Taylor Wimpey and Bellway are still to commit
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Gove to mandate second staircase in new blocks above 30m
Government estimates fire safety measure will cost business £1.6bn over a decade
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Government spends £8m to chase high-rise property owners over fire safety works
Funding to go to local authority enforcment teams largely in London, Birmingham and Manchester
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Gove rips up compromises on cladding pledge contract
Housebuilders set for confrontation with housing secretary over legal wording underpinning £2bn cladding pledge
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Firefighter chiefs call for tighter rules on modular and engineered timber construction
The National Fire Chiefs Councils says it has particular concern over use of offsite techniques in high rises
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Grenfell Inquiry: Celotex says ‘misdescribed’ test result had no bearing on use of its product
Insulation manufacturer says its description of its insulation product did not affect the way tower was specifed
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Grenfell Inquiry: cladding manufacturer Arconic hits back at criticism
Firm hits back at suggestions that its British Board of Agrement certificate for its ACM panels was misleading
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Grenfell survivors’ lawyer describes ‘rogues gallery’ of firms accountable for fire
Closing statements to inquiry continue throughout this week.
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DLUHC warns housebuilders to sign cladding pledge contracts ‘very soon’
Department says it will “not accept any backsliding” over housebuilders’ tower blocks fire safety promise as it finalises revised contracts
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Will DLUHC legal action be the ‘final nudge’ needed to fix fire safety defects?
The government earlier this week gave notice of legal action to a building owner over its failure to carry out fire safety remediation on a tower block, Theresa Mohammed explains the significance
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RICS consults on valuation guidance for flat blocks caught in cladding crisis
The surveyors institute hopes new guidance will unlock mortgage lending where work is yet to be carried out
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Clark brings powers into force to deny housebuilders planning permission
’Responsible actors’ scheme could put developers out of business if they do not pay to sort cladding problems
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Government criticised for confusion over advice on stairwells in high rises
Riba says new circular provides no certainty over which flat blocks will need more than one staircase
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Haringey council appoints designer for Broadwater Farm estate refurb
Tottenham blocks found to be structurally unsound in tests carried out in wake of the Grenfell Tower fire
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Government issues warning over high-rise homes with single staircases
Letter from communities department says designers need to use fire engineer assessments to prove very tall buildings are safe
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What are the key lessons from Hyde cladding judgment?
Last month’s victory for Hyde subsidiary, Martlet Homes, over contractor Mulalley, has big implications for organisations grappling with post-Grenfell fire safety rememdiation work, writes Tim Hillier