Ӱ – Page 20
-
Ӱ
RIBA reveals new fire safety rules for industry
Plan of Work update brings forward fire safety measures to earlier stages in design process after Grenfell Tower tragedy
-
Ӱ
Government threatens developers with cladding fines
Firms failing to remove risky material face fines, legal sanctions and losing out on government contracts
-
Ӱ
Industry groups launch second Grenfell insurance survey
New poll seeks to get latest picture of how last year’s fatal fire affected firms’ premiums and cover availability
-
Ӱ
Critics slam government's social housing plan
Campaigners say no funding in place to meet growing need as government consults on social housing supply
-
Ӱ
Housing secretary calls for change in fire door industry
Doors from five manufacturers have now failed tests
-
Ӱ
Taylor Wimpey shelling out £30m to strip out ACM cladding at its sites
Firm says majority of figure relates to a scheme in Scotland
-
Ӱ
Owners who don't do anything about danger cladding at risk from neighbours, says lawyer
Blake Morgan warns of liability risk following Network Rail decision earlier this month
-
Ӱ
Combustible cladding set to remain on almost three quarters of private sector homes
Over 200 buildings have no plan in place to replace problem cladding
-
Ӱ
Government launches building regulations consultation
The consultation, which runs until October, seeks views on the proposed clarification of statutory guidance on fire safety
-
Ӱ
Combustible cladding ban should extend to existing buildings, MPs say
The housing committee said ban should also cover hospitals, hotels and student accommodation
-
Ӱ
US company to set up new product testing centre
UL and the UK's Fire Protection Association are looking to open new large-scale testing facility
-
Ӱ
Housing association launches £2.4bn fire safety framework
Initiative will be made available to public bodies across England and Wales
-
Ӱ
Plymouth housing authority appoints contractor for cladding work
Exeter firm Mi-Space is set to replace composite cladding on three towers
-
Ӱ
Few MPs have read Dame Judith Hackitt’s report, claims housing minister
Hackitt’s review of building regulations was comissioned by the government in the wake of Grenfell
-
Ӱ
Skanska's £165m Papworth hospital job delayed after failed insulation test
The project was due to be handed over this month
-
Ӱ
MPs told buildings with ACM cladding removed still at risk
Experts say many buildings where ACM cladding has been removed are still not meeting fire safety standards
-
Ӱ
Criminal liablities for building regulation breaches the push industry needs, says RIBA boss
Adrian Dobson said severe punishments may be the only way to overhaul approach to compliance in construction industry
-
Ӱ
Government announces action plan to speed up combustible cladding removal on private buildings
Work has started on just 21 of 297 buildings
-
Ӱ
Combustibles ban could spell end of cross-laminated timber, says architect who helped pioneer it
Waugh Thistleton’s Anthony Thistleton says the UK “would go from a world leader to a backwater” with the collapse of CLT
-
Ӱ
Architectural adviser sacked by Grenfell Inquiry
John Priestley dropped after two days over ‘misuse of title’ complaint