All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 7
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Grenfell inquiry: Senior civil servant admits underestimating ACM cladding danger
Brian Martin “forgot” to clarify that ACM cladding was not permitted.
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Official admits to Grenfell Inquiry that ambiguous building regs guidance ‘didn’t work’
Former civil servant in charge of the rules says industry had been expected to work out what fire safety guidance meant
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Spring statement: what to look out for
Chancellor to deliver latest spending updates at noon as industry buckles under rising energy costs
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Disastrous test failure on ACM cladding was ‘forgotten’, Grenfell inquiry hears
Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests “just got missed”
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Official had not questioned ‘inappropriate’ fire ratings for cladding before Grenfell tragedy, inquiry hears
’Class 0’ rating was used for external walls until 2018 despite being based on how fire behaves indoors
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Officials ‘didn’t understand the risk’ of fire safety decisions, Grenfell inquiry hears
Officials ’lost sight’ of important issues during deregulation drive, fire safety policy lead admits
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Former senior civil servant expresses ‘deep regret’ that building regulations were not revised following cladding warnings
Grenfell Inquiry told that fears over widespread use of ACM panels ‘should have been gripped better’
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Official said ACM panels went ‘whoosh!’ when ignited, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Email sent by senior official Brian Martin just 18 months before Grenfell fire
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Government building safety review 'squeezed' by resource cuts, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Team working on changes to fire safety rules were working on a ‘less than bare bones’ capacity, senior official says
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Government considered replacing building control with insurance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Radical measure was one option presented to ministers as part of drive to cut red tape
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Government official apologises for ‘muddled’ wording in fire safety guidance
Fire safety lead tells Grenfell Inquiry that wording of guidance on cladding ‘should have been better’
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Smaller housebuilders warn carbon proposals would ‘break’ them
Authors of Part Z amendments to building regulations told changes will hit SMEs hardest
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Former official denies government ‘covered up’ cladding test failures
Disastrous 2001 test results on cladding panels used on Grenfell were not made public until this year
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BRE manager did not tell minister that ACM had failed fire test 16 years before Grenfell
Debbie Smith denied reaching agreement with senior official to withhold key details about cladding from minister in meeting three days after fire, inquiry hears
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Getting overseas firms to pay for cladding costs ‘practically difficult’, Gove admits
Housing secretary says ministers may lack ‘total authority’ to force non-UK based firms to pay into £4bn remediation fund
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Homes England to procure £47m legal services framework
New four-year deal will be 60% larger than existing iteration
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Contractor Graham wins £130m Wirral Waters build-to-rent job
Birkenhead scheme is the biggest single development at one of the UK’s largest regeneration projects
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Gove unveils plans to give legal force to £4bn cladding threats
Ministers plan to amend building law to stop developers from building unless they pay into remediation fund
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Mulbury Homes enters administration
Regional housebuilder understood to have appointed Kroll as administrators
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Housebuilders putting the brakes on jobs keeps lid on wage inflation, payroll firm says
Hudson Contract reports average earnings fell 10% last month compared to December’s number