All fire safety articles – Page 4
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Grenfell main contractor blames a ‘slack and complicit’ testing and certification industry for 2017 fire
Rydon tells inquiry that makers of dangerous cladding materials had been ‘assisted’ in getting their products to market
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Compliance of Grenfell cladding was responsibility of others, Arconic tells inquiry
Cladding manufacturer said project team working on the tower’s refurbishment had failed to analyse the regulatory regime
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Construction industry ‘cannot be trusted to regulate itself’, Grenfell inquiry hears
Closing remarks on latest phase of probe says sector more focussed on profit while BBA branded ‘hopelessly weak’
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External walls of Grenfell should have been checked in fire safety assessment, inquiry hears
Fire consultant Barbara Lane contradicts earlier evidence given by expert witness Colin Todd
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Shoddy workmanship more dangerous than cladding, product manufacturers insist
BBA consultation received outpouring of complaints about the RMI sector
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RIBA attacks ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Safety Bill for ‘not fully addressing’ industry’s shortcomings
Fractured nature of construction threatens to undermine good intentions, architects group adds
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Government not consulting industry on timber safety, says ministerial advisor
Structural Timber Assocation boss warns decisions are being made based on ’emotion and politics’
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Notting Hill Genesis launches fire safety framework ahead of regulation changes
Housing association is the latest to seek fire safety support in preparation for reforms that take effect in August
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ACM ‘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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MPs defeat amendment protecting residents from crippling fire safety costs
Overall bill facing leaseholders could run to £10bn
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Consultation on building fire safety assessment standard launched
British Standards Institution consulting on risk appraisal and assessment of external wall construction
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Peabody launches £10m fire safety framework
Lots include cladding assessments on high rise buildings
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Websites using inaccurate fire ratings to sell Grenfell insulation remove mistake
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ revealed five sites were still selling combustible insulation with out-of-date data
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RICS introduces new PI rules to improve fire safety cover
Insurers will not be allowed to exclude fire safety claims on buildings of four storeys or less from next month
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MPs vote down proposal to fund fire safety works
House of Commons rejected the Lords amendment to the Fire Safety BillÂ
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People caught breaching fire safety regulations to face unlimited fines
Failing to record fire risk assessments also to become civil offence under strengthened new laws
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Grenfell Inquiry: what we learnt from the BRE this week
Hearings focused on testing body’s role in certifying combustible building materials used on Grenfell tower as safe
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CIOB launches new fire safety course as industry prepares for new regulator
Initiative starts next month
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Fire expert warned NHBC of ‘accident waiting to happen’ three years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Arup engineer made comments in October 2014
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Non-compliance of combustible insulation ‘lost on’ Kingspan tech boss, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Hearing told of more concerns from worried cladding contractors over Kingspan’s K15 product