More than 100 firefighters were called today to a block of flats in east London designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), which were wrapped in combustible cladding similar to that used on ...
The UK government failed to warn the building sector about the potential dangers around aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding despite a test in 2001 which showed a “catastrophic escalation” of ...
About 300 people were evacuated from the building after the fire in August Flammable cladding and strong winds helped a blaze spread across an apartment building after a balcony's light fitting caught ...
The fire at the residential tower block in North Kensington, west London, on the night of June 24, 2017, triggered a public inquiry, chaired by Sir Martin Moore-Bick. It has examined the circumstances ...
Brian Martin failed to warn fire and rescue chief and instead ‘lulled’ him into false sense of security The senior civil servant responsible for fire safety guidance knew there was a “clear risk” of a ...
More than 50 high-rise buildings in England still have the same type of cladding used on Grenfell Tower, nearly five years after the fire that killed 72 people. The latest government figures show that ...
Brian Martin had been responding to query on “poorly drafted” clause in official guidance which appeared to permit use of combustible cladding in tall buildings An ambiguous reply by a senior figure ...
Flammable cladding and strong winds helped a blaze spread across an apartment building after a balcony's light fitting caught fire, investigators have concluded. Nearly 300 residents were evacuated ...