All Grenfell Tower articles – Page 10
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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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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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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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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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RIBA to unveil fire safety guidance
Plan of Work for Fire will offer updated fire protection advice
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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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Regulations, but how should this be done?
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Proposals emerge for Grenfell Tower estate refurb
Report details big-name architecture team’s proposals for Lancaster West Estate
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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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RIBA warns government to take its Grenfell advice seriously
Hackitt ‘at risk of missing critical recommendations’
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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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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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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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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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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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Grenfell contractor Rydon profits rise to £9m
Firm decided against making provisions in accounts for the Grenfell tragedy
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Experts say government fire safety plan weakens regs
Desktop studies that Hackitt wanted restricted will now be an official route to ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV 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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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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Hackitt asks industry to help find fire safety solutions
The review was commissioned in the wake of the Grenfell fire
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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