All Grenfell Tower articles – Page 4
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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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Housing minister says government will take no action over PI crisis
Some firms struggling to get professional indemnity cover particularly for cladding or fire-related claims
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75 high-rise ACM blocks will not be repaired by Christmas
Housing minister Chris Pincher provides update to parliament on anniversary of Grenfell
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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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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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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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New partnerships housebuilder to turn over £100m in first year
Real Construction formed last month from purchase of two divisions of Rydon Construction
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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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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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Optivo to spend £120m on building safety remediation work
Housing association hires contractor as Greenwich council also appoints builders for fire safety
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Labour floats public sector ban for Grenfell insulation firm Kingspan
Irish construction products giant has been shaken by revelations over its conduct during the inquiry into the fire
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Owners of 900 unsafe buildings ‘unable to provide basic information’, minister says
Housing minister Chris Pincher says issue is slowing down safety push
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MPs reject bid to protect leaseholders from recladding costs
House of Lords amendment to the Fire Safety Bill is voted down by government
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Government suffers Lords defeat on leaseholder liability for repairs
House of Lords votes to reinsert amendment protecting leaseholders from cladding costs
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Arconic threatened testing house boycott unless Grenfell cladding approved, inquiry hears
Hearing told British Board of Agrément supplied certificate for ACM cladding based on incomplete test data