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Building safety regulator announced

14 Oct 2019

A NEW buildings safety regulator that will ‘aim to prevent a repeat’ of the Grenfell Tower fire was one of the bills mooted in the government’s Queen’s speech.

Cladding removal figures show slow progress

14 Oct 2019

ONLY ONE social housing block had aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding fully removed during September, with work ‘yet to complete’ on 97 such high rises nationwide.

Most Hampshire buildings checked were ‘unsatisfactory’

14 Oct 2019

IN ANOTHER release of Home Office data from Hampshire, the ‘majority’ of public buildings and flats audited by Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) were deemed ‘unsatisfactory’.

Cladding won’t be removed over height issue

14 Oct 2019

A STUDENT accommodation block in Coventry will have combustible cladding left on it because it ‘falls 60m too short’ of the government’s combustible materials regulations.

‘Key’ combustibility report published ‘within weeks’

11 Oct 2019

THE REPORT on tests undertaken by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) is set to be released ‘within weeks’, with the organisation having been commissioned relating to combustible cladding.

‘Clarity’ demanded over fire safety advice

11 Oct 2019

MP MATTHEW Pennycook has ‘demanded clarity’ from the government over its fire safety advice, with ‘hundreds of thousands’ of leaseholders nationwide unable to sell homes.

Fire safety discussed at construction event

11 Oct 2019

BAFE REPORTED on comments made by fire safety and construction industry representatives at UK Construction Week 2019.

Unopened hospital had fire safety failings

11 Oct 2019

THE Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, which ‘will not be fully operational’ until autumn 2020, was found to have ‘thousands’ of snagging issues including fire safety breaches despite being accepted as ready.

Landlord fined for lack of safety measures

11 Oct 2019

MOHAMMED RAFIQ was prosecuted over operating an ‘unlicensed’ house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Worcester.

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