All cladding articles – Page 4
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Notting Hill Genesis puts firms on notice for £1.2bn fire safety framework
Four year deal largest framework in housing association’s history
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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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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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London council launches £18m consultancy framework
Firms have until the end of the month to apply for four-year deal
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Arconic investors given all clear by US court to take legal action after Grenfell fire
Shareholders claim firm knew its cladding was dangerous but used it on high rise projects anyway
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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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Council rejects 28-storey Manchester student resi tower over ‘poor quality cladding’
Council said the £40m proposals would have a ‘detrimental impact on visual amenity’
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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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Peabody launches £10m fire safety framework
Lots include cladding assessments on high rise buildings
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Around 10% of buildings with ACM yet to start remediation
Four more buildings also discovered to contain the unsafe material
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Kingspan says it is ‘concerned’ websites have been selling Grenfell insulation with inaccurate data
Intervention comes after ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø revealed several sites have been selling product with outdated brochures
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Websites still selling combustible insulation used on Grenfell with inaccurate data
Two firms have corrected the mistake after being contacted by ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø
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Hearing told Kingspan wanted to ‘remain friends’ with the government after Grenfell fire
Inquiry’s QC also asks director of materials firm if he was set up to be ‘useful idiot’ by appearing before select committee
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Former Kingspan boss denies private dinner with MPs was attempt to ‘access political power’ to stop combustible insulation ban
Senior Kingspan staff attended January 2018 dinner at Palace of Westminster months after Grenfell fire, inquiry hears
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Government official reprimanded certifier on ‘serious’ error in Grenfell insulation certificate, inquiry hears
BBA’s certificate for Kingspan product described by inquiry counsel as ‘dangerously misleading’
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BBA based fire rating for Kingspan foam on tests of other products, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Former deputy chief executive admitted he was not sure if the decision was permitted under UK fire regulations
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BBA certificate for Grenfell ACM was based off information on supplier’s website, inquiry hears
Certifying body’s project manager admits never seeing crucial test data before issuing Arconic with renewal of flawed document
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Grenfell cladding firm was warned a decade before fire that panels could kill 70 people
Manager told Arconic of expert’s prediction that ACM panels would burn like a ‘truck of 19,000 litre oil’
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Grenfell cavity barriers only formally approved nine days after fire, inquiry hears
Installed barriers had not been tested prior to use on tower’s refurbishment