All Grenfell Tower articles – Page 10
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News
Theresa May promises £400m to remove Grenfell-style cladding
PM’s pledge comes a day before the Hackitt Report is delivered
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Features
Grenfell and cladding: double indemnity
The construction industry has a huge task ahead to re-clad high-rise buildings. But restrictions to insurance cover is causing a shortage of companies willing to take on the work
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News
Call for clarity on building regs as insurers limit cladding work
Consultants’ inability to get professional indemnity insurance puts replacement programme in jeopardy
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News
Grenfell lessons may not be learned, says ex-RIBA president
Jane Duncan says industry can’t say that a similar disaster won’t happen again
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News
RIBA to unveil fire safety guidance
Plan of Work for Fire will offer updated fire protection advice
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Features
Regulations: issues of control
Construction failings at Grenfell Tower have highlighted the need for an overhaul of building control to ensure inspectors pick up on breaches of the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Regulations, but how should this be done?
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News
Proposals emerge for Grenfell Tower estate refurb
Report details big-name architecture team’s proposals for Lancaster West Estate
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News
Fire safety experts call on government to act 'immediately' over building safety
Letter urges Theresa May to immediately make three key changes to regulations
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News
RIBA warns government to take its Grenfell advice seriously
Hackitt ‘at risk of missing critical recommendations’
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News
BRE report highlights catastrophic failures at Grenfell Tower
Leaked document points to poor construction and incorrect materials used in doomed tower’s refurbishment
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News
Government looks to toughen building regs on fire safety
Consultation focuses on restricting or banning ’desktop’ studies following the Grenfell tragedy
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News
Approval body defends decision not to downgrade Grenfell cladding
Products approval body says it was given no reason to alter fire rating – unlike its French counterpart
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Features
Product fire testing: safe as houses?
Construction product safety has been highlighted in the wake of the Grenfell fire. Thomas Lane unravels the complexities of the present system
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Comment
Leader: Behind closed doors
We’ll doubtless see promises of headline-grabbing structural changes in the anticipated Hackitt report. But will changes receive the backing they need?
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News
Grenfell contractor Rydon profits rise to £9m
Firm decided against making provisions in accounts for the Grenfell tragedy
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News
Experts say government fire safety plan weakens regs
Desktop studies that Hackitt wanted restricted will now be an official route to ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Regs approvalÂ
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Resi towers 'to cost 20% more' after Hackitt
Increased costs down to expected changes in cladding and sprinkler systems
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Comment
Fire: the need for testing regimes with real-world clarity
The interim Hackitt report acknowledges that there’s no reason why the industry cannot voluntarily adopt cultrual changes ahead of its final recommendations, due later this spring. So let’s.
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News
Hackitt asks industry to help find fire safety solutions
The review was commissioned in the wake of the Grenfell fire
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Comment
Quality is now a luxury
Fire engineer Steven Cooper gives his view on the Hackitt Review interim report, commissioned in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster