All fire safety articles – Page 8
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Vast majority of social landlords giving greater priority to existing stock
Annual Savills survey of landlords shows focus on development stagnating as fire safety and net zero costs mount
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Mortgage lenders need more information before changing EWS1 approach
Most lenders and valuers continue to require assessments on blocks below 18m despite government announcement
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Four out of five high street properties ripe for resi conversion
Controversial permitted development conversion rights and new fire safety tests for high rises have come in to force
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Stirling Prize-winning scheme latest to be caught in post Grenfell safety crisis
Sunday Times reports that Countryside’s Accordia development has failed test over timber balconies
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Consultants still unable to value housing blocks despite EWS1 reforms
Savills and JLL say a lack of robust information from landlords on cladding is bedevilling attempts to get market moving
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In Focus
Denton’s in-tray: the big issues facing Homes England
As Peter Denton is confirmed as the new chief executive of Homes England, we republish this piece from January looking at the triple threats of market uncertainty, fire safety and net zero facing the agency
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Notting Hill Genesis launches fire safety framework
Housing association is the latest to seek fire safety support in preparation for reforms that take effect in August
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Countryside profit falls on fire safety write-down
Revenue at housebuilder soars but site sales and forward orders drop back
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ACM panels ‘not involved’ in Ballymore block blaze
Developer claims Grenfell-style combustible cladding played no part in major fire at New Providence Wharf development
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Giant ACM-clad Ballymore block hit by blaze
Ballymore subsidiary had been ‘named and shamed’ by the government in January for failing to remove cladding
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Call to ensure cladding tax doesn’t make housebuilders ‘pay twice’ for repairs
HBF says £2bn tax must take account of ’hundreds of millions’ spent by developers already on fire safety works
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All developers with profit above £25m to face £2bn cladding tax
Treasury consults industry on the design of promised developer tax to pay for fire safety work
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Government Fire Safety Bill victory will see leaseholders ‘ruined’
Campaigners express horror over bill passing financial responsibility for £10bn of repairs on to leaseholders
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Government defeats bid to protect leaseholders over cladding despite Tory rebels
Further votes expected on Fire Safety Bill while consultation on code of practice for cladding assessors launched
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New fire safety assessment for external wall construction launched
British Standards Institution consults on code of practice in wake of Grenfell tragedy
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Government appoints former chief construction adviser to review product testing
Quantity surveyor Paul Morrell to co-chair review following shocking evidence at Grenfell Inquiry
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One in ten ACM-clad towers yet to start remediation
Four more buildings also discovered containing the fire-risk material
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Websites correct use of inaccurate fire ratings to sell Grenfell insulation
Building revelead five sites were still selling combustible insulation with out-of-date data
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Websites still selling combustible insulation used on Grenfell with inaccurate data
Two firms have corrected the mistake after being alerted
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Optivo to spend £120m on building safety remediation work
Housing association hires contractor as Greenwich council also appoints builders for fire safety