All fire safety articles – Page 2
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NewsUp to 125,000 planned London homes face major delays due to two staircase rule
Analysis by LSH and Connells says fire safety rules for high-rises could ’completely mothball’ 243 building schemes
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NewsGove launches scheme to penalise housebuilders for non-payment of building safety costs
Responsible Actors Scheme has power to stop developers that don’t repair buildings from trading
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NewsKingspan, Celotex and Arconic settle civil claims with 900 people affected by Grenfell
Three firms which manufactured tower’s combustible cladding system among firms to pay an undisclosed sum to bereaved, survivors and residents
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NewsGalliard latest developer to sign cladding remediation contract
London developer criticised by Gove last month says it ’operates ethically’ and ‘champions integrity’
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NewsGovernment declines to fix date for Responsible Actors Scheme
Details published of plans to ban housebuilders from trading over cladding repairs - but no timetable for introduction
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NewsLandsec latest developer to be caught out by second staircase rule
Developer forced to redesign 1,800-home Camden scheme following London mayor’s fire safety ruling
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NewsBuilding safety chief aims for ‘world-leading’ regulation as watchdog launch nears
Peter Baker says importance of considering fire safety in initial planning ‘has still not fully landed‘ in industry
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NewsConstruction bodies call on Gove to lower second staircase threshold to 18m
The RIBA also says all existing blocks above 18m with single staircases should be refurbished with evacuation lifts
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NewsLendlease signs cladding remediation contract
Developer behind Elephant & Castle regeneration scheme has set aside £114m for fire safety works
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NewsGovernment’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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NewsTelford 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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NewsGove 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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NewsVistry 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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NewsGove 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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NewsGovernment 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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NewsGove 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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NewsFirefighter 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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NewsGrenfell 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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NewsGrenfell 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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NewsGrenfell survivors’ lawyer describes ‘rogues gallery’ of firms accountable for fire
Closing statements to inquiry continue throughout this week.