During the ongoing review of cladding materials, a number of social housing providers have found the inspected cladding materials do not appear to be the same as those originally specified. “A housing ...

Expert witness tells inquiry of 20 serious fires that meant danger of panels was well known in industry The builders who erected the Grenfell Tower facade that burst into flames killing 72 people ...

Ruling provides a legal precedent and a new pathway for leaseholders and property owners to recoup costs of fixing blocks found to be unsafe © Geoffrey Swaine ...

A contractor has been ordered to pay damages to a housing association for cladding remediation work in a landmark ruling that could have wide implications for the sector. A contractor has been ordered ...

The new Building Safety Act has been established with good intentions but it may end up creating a more fragmented, litigious environment for developers, contractors and architects, writes Peter ...

Over the last 12 years or so, I’ve devoted the majority of my professional work to designing stone cladding and glass/aluminum cladding systems, and I’ve seen plenty of errors that could have been ...

Birmingham-based Colmore Tang Construction has launched a cladding remediation service for building owners, managing agents and surveyors looking to replace dangerous, non-compliant cladding. Colmore ...

Permasteelisa fabricated and installed the facade of the just completed 40-story Mira Tower residential high-rise in San Francisco. IMAGE: Permasteelisa May 4, 2020 Permasteelisa S.p.A., the ...