Since the Grenfell fire, repairs have been required to buildings with unsafe cladding. This created an affordability crisis with many flat-owners facing large bills for renovations. The government has ...
The type of siding or "cladding" used on the Grenfell Tower in London — and suspected of feeding the massive fire that killed dozens of residents — is not allowed on the exterior of tall buildings ...
It took just 90 minutes for fire to race up 20 storeys of the Grenfell Tower in June 2017, killing 72 people. Last month, a cigarette sparked a blaze that quickly jumped five floors of Melbourne's ...
Flat owners will not have to pay to remove dangerous cladding from lower-height buildings under new government plans, BBC Newsnight understands. It means leaseholders in buildings of between 11 and 18 ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Work to make England’s multistorey residential buildings safe from dangerous cladding could cost up to £22.4bn, ...
In May 2017, Sophie Bichener did what many in their twenties are unable to do: buy a home. She paid around £230,000 (around $295,000 at the time) for her two-bedroom apartment in a high-rise building ...
THE inferno that killed at least 12 people “is a more serious version” of a high-rise blaze that almost destroyed a Melbourne skyscraper, Senator Nick Xenophon said on Thursday morning. A ferocious ...
Cladding is an especially underrated, but incredibly important, element of any house design project. It will be instrumental in how your house is perceived and how it ages in time. But how much does ...
Several prominent buildings in Sydney need their cladding replaced due to fire risks, documents released under freedom of information laws have revealed. The NSW Government required buildings with ...